This Special Issue argues that the protracted conflict and continued indirect support for Ukraine have led to growing fatigue among European societies and political systems. This ‘war fatigue’ is not merely a passive phenomenon; it is leading to repoliticisation, turning what was once a consensus on the negation of conflict into a space for renewed debate and political contention.
Readers will find analyses of the conditions under which war fatigue emerges and how it can be instrumentalised for political mobilisation, as well as a discussion of changes in long-term support for Ukraine in European party systems [click].
The issue also discusses the cases of Germany and Ireland in the context of the morality of arming Ukraine [click], as well as France and the Czech Republic, showing how the war in Ukraine has been used to highlight differences between competing political actors [click].
These and other articles in the Special Issue of the Journal of European Integration will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the next stage of the European response to the war in Ukraine.
