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SOURCES OF POLITICAL TRUST IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES AT THE NATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL (EU) LEVEL

The importance of political trust has been recognized for centuries since countries' social harmony, economic efficacy, and democracy are built upon it. However, the strength, sources, and manifestations of political trust are still not fully understood, especially when considering the interplay between trust at the national and supranational (European) levels. Utilizing the European Social Survey data (round ESS9), we set to explore the levels of interpersonal and political trust across Mediterranean countries, focusing on institutional and political efficacy and procedural justice as determinants of political trust in the national political system, national criminal justice system, and the EU political system. Our results show that Mediterranean citizens generally expressed higher levels of interpersonal trust than political trust (except for Albania, Cyprus and Montenegro), with the highest levels of interpersonal trust not exceeding the moderate level. Trust in the European Parliament was the highest among the evaluated political institutions in all countries. Across all observed countries, procedural justice and institutional efficacy proved to be the most consistent and strongest predictors of trust in the investigated political institutions. Overall, the predictors explained a higher proportion of trust in the national political system than trust in the EU political system.

political trust, Mediterranean, European Union, procedural justice, efficacy

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