Articles by Ann-Kathrin Reinl

September 26, 2025

🧭 Why securing welfare benefits is key to EU enlargement

Ann-Kathrin Reinl
Ann-Kathrin Reinl argues that welfare security is the quiet hinge of public support for EU enlargement. Credible guarantees on national benefits blunt fears about costs and migration. If we reassure citizens on welfare, support for a larger EU holds
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Ann-Kathrin Reinl
Researcher, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

Ann-Kathrin’s research focuses on public attitudes toward the European Union, with a particular emphasis on transnational solidarity.

She also works on topics related to political behaviour and political attitudes in democratic regimes.

Ann-Kathrin's work has been published in several edited volumes and leading journals, including European Political Science Review, European Union Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Political Communication, Political Geography, Political Research Exchange, and West European Politics.

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