Attitudes towards EU Integration and Euro Adoption in the Czech Republic

• Autorzy: Inna Čábelková , Nicole Mitsche , Wadim Strielkowski
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Our paper focuses on eliciting people's attitudes towards EU integration and the adoption of Euro currency in the Czech Republic. Although EU Accession was widely supported and accepted by the Czech citizens prior to 2004, more than 10 years into the EU membership the attitudes to integration have changed considerably. The recent world's economic and financial crisis, the crisis of the Eurozone and the issues with the Greek membership in the Eurozone (the possibility of the "Grexit") have undermined the Euro optimism in many EU Member States that joined the EU during the so-called Eastern Enlargement in 2004. We use the example of the Czech Republic and the representative survey data collected by the Czech Institute of Sociology in 2012-2014 to estimate and describe the attitudes towards the EU integration and Euro adoption. Our results might shed some light on the reasons of Euro pessimism and scepticism and find links with the current economic and political situation. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Economic and political integration of Europe; Euro; Eurozone; Currency crisis

PL

Integracja gospodarcza i polityczna Europy; Euro; Strefa euro; Kryzys walutowy

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 8
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 93--101

Twórcy

autor

Inna Čábelková

• Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

autor

Nicole Mitsche

• University of Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom

autor

Wadim Strielkowski

• Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14254/2071-789X.2015/8-2/7