Immigration als Erklärung für die Zustimmung zur weiteren Europäischen Integration. Eine europaweite empirische Analyse

The deepening of the Single European Market is expected to induce further migration within the European Union over the next few years. In line with these developments, we study the impact of individual- and contextual-level indicators of immigration on public support for further European integration. The results of our comprehensive multi-level analysis of EU member states illustrate that individual-level anti-immigration attitudes have the strongest effect on public support for European integration. This effect is even more pronounced in countries with strong economies. At the macro level, neither the proportion of foreigners nor the importance of the subject of immigration in a country have a significant impact. However, we find a negative relationship between the number of applications for asylum as well as a pro-immigration integration policy and public support for European integration.
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