Schukkink, Martijn; Niemann, Arne - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 16 (2012) 07
policy choice. Instead, we advance an alternative explanation – subsequently referred to as ‘identity endorsement –that is … development of Portuguese identity has constituted what has been perceived as appropriate in the context of Eastern enlargement …. We argue that EC/EU membership has provided Portuguese political elites with a renewed collective identity, in which a …