European Societies' Role and Effect Over the EU's Deepening and Integration

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 24/25, Bilkent University , language: English, abstract: Although the EU is perceived as a unified supranational entity that has its citizens' support and praise, national identities and national citizenships that EU citizens have had prevented them from allowing the Union to make decisions that would affect their nations' domestic and economic conditions and stability. Concerns like cultural erosion and economic problems like unemployment and inflation levels were the main driving factors for the Dutch and French to vote 'No' in the referendum for the Constitutional Treaty, and Irish people to vote 'No' in the referendum for the Treaty of Lisbon. Understanding the reasons for 'No' votes gives us the ability to predict and understand the future of the European Union and how its citizens are perceiving the deepening process. In this research paper, the reasons for 'No' votes and the role that the EU societies have on the manner of the EU's integration process are going to be analyzed.