According to social theorists of time, the way societies structure and value different aspects of time plays an important role in people’s perception and evaluation of economic, political, and cultural change. I explore if two dimensions of social time—social acceleration and long-term orientation—have an effect on the public evaluation of the speed of European integration. Combining Eurobarometer data for 27 societies with measures for social acceleration and time horizons, the results show distinct patterns for the perception and preferences of European integration. Whereas I find no connection between dimensions of social time and the perceived speed of integration, more social acceleration and cultural long-term orientation lead to a desire for a slower speed of European integration. Even when controlled for other economic and political macro-factors, temporal structures can play a key role in the evaluation of political change in European societies.

时间社会理论家认为，社会对时间不同方面的结构和评价方式在人们对经济、政治和文化变化的感知和评价中起着重要作用。我探讨了社会时间的两个维度——社会加速和长期导向——是否对公众对欧洲一体化速度的评价产生影响。将 27 个社会的欧洲晴雨表数据与社会加速和时间范围的衡量标准相结合，结果显示了对欧洲一体化的感知和偏好的不同模式。虽然我发现社会时间维度与感知的一体化速度之间没有联系，但更多的社会加速和文化长期导向导致人们希望欧洲一体化速度更慢。