This time it’s different? Effects of the Eurovision Debate on young citizens and its consequence for EU democracy – evidence from a quasi-experiment in 24 countries

Autor(en)
Jürgen Maier, Thorsten Faas, Berthold Rittberger, Jessica Fortin-Rittberger, Kalliope Agapioulosifides, Susan Banducci, Paolo Bellucci, Magnus Blomgren, Inta Brikse, Karol Chwedczuk-Szulc, Marina Costa Lobo, Mikolaj Czesnik, Anastasia Deligiaouri, Tomaz Dezelan, Wouter de Nooy, Aldo De Virgilio, Florin Fesnic, Danica Fink-Hafner, Marijana Grbesa, Carmen Greab, Andrija Henjak, David Nicolas Hopmann, David Johann, Gábor Jelenfi, Jurate Kavaliauskaite, Zoltan Kmetty, Sylvia Kritzinger, Pedro Magalhaes, Vincent Meyer, Katia Mihailova, Mihail Mirchev, Ville Pitkänen, Aine Ramonaite, Theresa Reidy, Marek Rybar, Karmen Sammut, José Santana Pereira, Guna Spurava, Lia-Paschalla Spyridou, Adriana Stefanel, Václav Stetka, Aleksander Surdej, Róbert Tardos, Dimitris Trimithiotis, Christiano Vezzoni, Aneta Vilagi, Gergo Zavecz
Abstrakt

For the very first time in EU history, the 2014 EP elections provided citizens with the opportunity to influence the nomination of the Commission President by casting a vote for the main Europarties' lead candidates'. By subjecting the position of the Commission President to an open political contest, many experts have formulated the expectation that heightened political competition would strengthen the weak electoral connection between EU citizens and EU legislators, which some consider a root cause for the EU's lack of public support. In particular, this contest was on display in the so-called Eurovision Debate', a televised debate between the main contenders for the Commission President broadcasted live across Europe. Drawing on a quasi-experimental study conducted in 24 EU countries, we find that debate exposure led to increased cognitive and political involvement and EU support among young citizens. Unfortunately, the debate has only reached a very small audience.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Staatswissenschaft
Externe Organisation(en)
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, University of Exeter, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Cyprus, Università Degli Studi di Siena, Umeå University, University of Latvia (LU), Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Universidade de Lisboa, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, University of Ljubljana, University of Amsterdam (UvA), Università di Bologna, Babeș-Bolyai University, University of Zagreb, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Vilnius University (VU), Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", University of Turku, University College Cork, Masaryk University, University of Malta, University of Bucharest, Charles University Prague, Cracow University of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Università degli Studi di Trento, Komenius Universität, Central European University Budapest
Journal
Journal of European Public Policy
Band
25
Seiten
606-629
Anzahl der Seiten
24
ISSN
1350-1763
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2016.1268643
Publikationsdatum
01-2017
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
506014 Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Sociology and Political Science, Public administration
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/this-time-its-different-effects-of-the-eurovision-debate-on-young-citizens-and-its-consequence-for-eu-democracy--evidence-from-a-quasiexperiment-in-24-countries(199c77de-d5b3-49b3-969b-1d9459576a3c).html