Does Familiarity Breed Contempt? Determinants of Public Support for European Integration and Opposition to It before and after Accession

This article empirically tests how determinants of public support in Poland for the European Union change before and after accession. Despite studies on public attitudes towards EU integration and Euroscepticism that flourished in the run‐up to accession, there is no evidence of how determinants changed over time. This study suggests that in Poland citizens support the EU on the basis of a form of ‘unconditional support’ and general benefits for the country before accession, while personal benefits can become more determinant after accession.