Spanish public image of the EU regional policy

The article is devoted to the analysis of the perception of European integration and the regional policy of the European Union (EU) among the citizens of modern Spain. Particular attention is paid to the comparison of periods before the COVID-19 pandemic (2019) and after it (October 2021). The purpose of this paper is to identify the opinion of Spanish society on the EU regional policy. The first part of the article presents the analytical framework of the study. The second part describes its methodology. The third part analyzes the opinion polls in Spain, conducted by Eurobarometer. According to the Eurobarometer database, on the one hand, the author notes despite the pandemic, citizens positively assess the impact of the European Union bodies on their everyday life. On the other hand, the pandemic has shown that the states are key actors in the EU decision-making process. The initiative to shape the development of the EU's regional policy still belongs to the Member States, but not to the regions and/or supranational bodies. The scientific significance of the article is that the results of Eurobarometer public opinion polls are generalized. This is the first time when this approach has been used in the study of this topic.

Keywords

Spain, Spanish Autonomous Communities, EU regional policy, Eurobarometer

Acknowledgment

The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number № 20-314-90001, «The Impact of the EU Regional Policy on Centrifugal Tendencies in the Political System of Spain»

Received

07.11.2021

Publication date

10.03.2022

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22449

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GOST	Belous Y. Spanish public image of the EU regional policy // Latin America – 2022. – Issue 3 C. 46-58 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://latamerica-journal.ru/S0044748X0018997-5-1 (circulation date: 28.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0018835-7
MLA	Belous, Yulia "Spanish public image of the EU regional policy." Latin America 3 (2022):46-58. DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0018835-7
APA	Belous Y. (2022). Spanish public image of the EU regional policy. Latin America (3), pp.46-58 DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0018835-7

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