Falling in love with(in) Europe: European bi-national love relationships, European identification and transnational solidarity

Love is often a key factor in migration decisions. Partner relationships and union formation have also been identified as forming an intrinsic part of intra-European migration. Nevertheless, empirical research into intra-European love migration remains rather scarce. In this paper, we focus on the often neglected but substantial intra-European moves. We analyse the relationship between bi-national couple formation, identification as a European and European transnational solidarity. The analyses are based on the EUMARR survey, investigating bi-national marriages in a unified Europe, comparing E... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Van Mol, C.
de Valk, H.A.G.
van Wissen, L.J.G.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Reihe/Periodikum: Van Mol , C , de Valk , H A G & van Wissen , L J G 2015 , ' Falling in love with(in) Europe: European bi-national love relationships, European identification and transnational solidarity ' , European Union Politics , vol. 16 , no. 4 , pp. 469-489 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116515588621
Schlagwörter: SSCI / bi-naitonal love relationship / European identity / interethnic marriage / the Netherlands / transnational solidarity
Sprache: Englisch
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Love is often a key factor in migration decisions. Partner relationships and union formation have also been identified as forming an intrinsic part of intra-European migration. Nevertheless, empirical research into intra-European love migration remains rather scarce. In this paper, we focus on the often neglected but substantial intra-European moves. We analyse the relationship between bi-national couple formation, identification as a European and European transnational solidarity. The analyses are based on the EUMARR survey, investigating bi-national marriages in a unified Europe, comparing European bi-national and uni-national couples. In this paper, we focus on the Netherlands (n¼898) and compare Dutch–Dutch with Dutch–EU couples. Our findings indicate that bi-national couples are more likely to identify as European compared to uni-national couples, but this is not reflected in more solidarity to European countries in times of crisis. Implications of these findings are discussed in light of the European integration process.