Kartiranje proevropskih stališč v Grčiji: vrednotno utemeljena empirična študija

Greece’s experiences through the financial crisis (2009-14), the migration surge (2015-19) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-22) turned the country into a stress-test for European governance. Bridging European-integration research with normative political theory, this thesis reframes “support for the EU” as Greek citizens’ adherence to three civic norms: law-abidingness, participation and solidarity and asks how those shocks reshaped Greek public attitudes toward the EU. Long-series Eurobarometer data are recast into composite indices that track how each norm rose or fell across the three crises and are interpreted alongside key EU and national policy decisions. The trajectories reveal a differentiated but converging erosion of normative EU support. Law-abidingness collapsed during austerity and never recovered, signaling durable institutional distrust. Participation proved highly reactive, yet retreating when citizens deemed their voice ineffective. Solidarity declined slowly but steadily, reflecting cumulative disappointment in burden-sharing. The patterns confirm a bailout-era plunge and mid-migration stabilisation, but refute expectations of a pandemic rebound. By operationalising EU attitudes through citizenship norms, the thesis shows that public trust in integration depends on governance that is simultaneously lawful, participatory and solidaristic.