Abstract
ABSTRACT Despite centuries of shifting borders, European nations and states still do not perfectly align. Where they do not align, how the kin-state can aid ethnic kin in neighbouring countries may become a fraught issue in party competition. However, we know little about how the EU influences party uses of these kin-state appeals, despite their persistence over time and after EU accession. Using qualitative process tracing for the most different cases of Ireland and Hungary, I find that a country’s deeper relationship with the EU reduces the saliency and intensity of kin-state appeals, although this is contingent on the relevant neighbouring countries also being EU members. This is because proximity to EU membership reduces voter demand for urgent ‘solutions’ to the ethnic kin issue and policy discretion in implementing these solutions.
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