What do EU citizens think about the EU& #39;s pandemic recovery fund, and which policy features drive support? In this @voxeu piece @bjoern_bremer, @TheresaJKuhn, @FrancescoNicoli and I discuss the results of our survey experiment fielded in July 2020. 1/5 https://voxeu.org/article/improving-political-sustainability-next-generation-eu">https://voxeu.org/article/i...

We conducted our survey in five https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇺" title="Flagge der Europäischen Union" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Europäischen Union"> countries: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flagge von Frankreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Frankreich">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flagge von Deutschland" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Deutschland">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇹" title="Flagge von Italien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Italien">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇳🇱" title="Flagge der Niederlande" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Niederlande">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇸" title="Flagge von Spanien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Spanien">. Policy characteristics clearly affect support for a recovery fund scenario. By and large, respondents favour a permanent recovery fund with a broad scope, loan-based financing, and distribution according to need. 2/5

Important country differences exist of course. Especially, Dutch and German respondents favour loans, while Italian and Spanish counterparts favour grants.

See the blog for a more extensive discussion. 3/5

What does this mean for overall support? We estimate that overall support for the recovery fund is quite high. Support can be increased if the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) were to become a permanent feature of the EU& #39;s architecture.
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We are grateful for the financial support from @aces_for @UvA_AISSR @RadboudNSM @PoliticologieRU and @ResearchUGent.

We& #39;re currently drafting the paper. Comments are more than welcome! 5/5