### Empirical Hypothesis (39) As such, our analytical model with variables looks like the following: SupportEU = PartyAttitudes*NwsPol + NatReferendum + Gender + Age + Agea2 + Eduyrs + LRbinary + LRpolari + Xeno + Natio The empirical hypotheses derived from our theoretical framework and operationalizations are: Hypthesis 1: H₀: Support for EU is not positively affected by the national party political discourse on EU. H₁: Support for EU is positively affected by the national party political discourse on EU. Hypthesis 2: H₀: The effect of national party political disource on EU on citizens' support for EU is positively moderated by the amount of time you spend on political news. H₁: The effect of national party political disource on EU on citizens' support for EU is positively moderated by by the amount of time you spend on political news. Hypthesis 3: H₀: Support for EU is not positively affected by the country having held referendums on EU-related matters H₁: Support for EU is positively affected by the country having held referendums on EU-related matters As stated in our theoretical section we do not believe that a pure effect of political news consumption on support for EU exists. Rather, any such direct effect would be the cause of confounders such as the content of said news consumption or type, and thus associated attitudes, of the person who prioritizes time for such consumption. Therefore political news consumption is only a predictor insofar as its effect is a part of a cross-level interaction with political party disource on EU. By doing so we aim to utilize political news consumption exactly for the role that it may play in realising and/or amplifying the effects of cues in the local context.