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%T Projecting EU Referendums: fear of immigration and support for European integration %A Vreese, Claes H. de %A Boomgaarden, Hajo G. %J European Union Politics %N 1 %P 59-82 %V 6 %D 2005 %K attitudes towards immigrants; public opinion; referendums; support for European integration; %= 2011-06-14T16:22:00Z %~ http://www.peerproject.eu/ %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-228825 %X This study tests competing hypotheses about public support for European integration and projects referendum voting behaviour. It emphasizes anti-immigration sentiments as a key variable for understanding reluctance about integration. Drawing on survey data, it is shown that anti-immigration sentiments, economic considerations and the evaluation of domestic governments are the strongest predictors of both attitudinal support for integration and individuals’ propensity to vote ‘yes’ in a referendum on the enlargement of the European Union (EU). %C GBR %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info