ABSTRACT
Aspirations of the European Union towards a Common European Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) have been under discussion for quite some time (Peterson and Sjursen 1998; Ehrhart 2002). Discourse in the elite arena between public policy makers and scholars has been underpinned by increased worries of European national publics about continued integration and the allocation of public policies on the supranational level. While the public has been generally supportive of CFSP, there is, however, considerable variation across time and countries, which raises questions about the factors influencing individual’s opinions on public issues.
