Analyses

Analyses

Analyses

Analyses

The Analyses section provides brief research notes relating to four main streams: social media, political visions, public opinion and policy focus.

29 May 2020

Italian citizens and the COVID-19 pandemic: the safeguard of health, the economy and the role for EU solidarity

By euvisions

The survey aimed at exploring Italian citizens’ opinions during the period in which the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak. The underlying themes are the trade-offs between the safeguard of health, the economy and individual freedom, in their interplay with EU solidarity and the evaluation of the government’s policies.

29 May 2020

Social investment outcomes and policy complementarities: lessons for Social Europe

By Stefano Ronchi

Taking social investment seriously has become more important than ever before to jumpstart European welfare states after the COVID tragedy. A fair balance of social investment and social protection policies will be crucial if no person (or member state) is to be left behind.

16 May 2020

The European Solidarity Fund: Policy Dossier

By Niccolo Donati

During the recent COVID-19 outbreak, the concept of EU solidarity has become central to the EU debate. In this policy dossier, our objective is to analyse the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF), an instrument created in 2002 to aid Member States hit by an unforeseeable natural calamity.

8 May 2020

The crumbling of the dangerous idea? Austerity perceptions in the EU after the euro crisis

By Joan Miró i Artigas

Among the many things of the pre-Corona world that seem to have aged faster since the eruption of the pandemic is the macroeconomic commitment to fiscal restraint. In the last weeks, many pundits have forecast the decline of this principle in light of the massive fiscal stimuli that the post-COVID recovery will require. Will this sequence of ‘emergency Keynesianism’ rapidly followed by austerity be repeated this time?

24 April 2020

From moral hazard to moral opportunity. A dialogue on the COVID-19 crisis and the EU

By euvisions

The COVID-19 crisis has suddenly reopened the long-standing controversy over solidarity between countries within the EU. As it was during the Great Recession, the rift between "frugal" and "spendthrift" member states has resurfaced, creating a challenge to address the COVID-19 emergency as a pan-European emergency. How can we escape this trap?

24 April 2020

Immigration, free movement and the politicisation of demography. The move of Hungary to demographic nationalism

By Anna Kyriazi

Hungary faces adverse demography due to low birthrates and large-scale emigration. The government’s skewed focus on pronatalism puts the burden on the most vulnerable and undermines emancipatory politics.

17 April 2020

Are we SURE? A critical assessment of the Commission’s proposal for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency

By Francesco Corti and Cinzia Alcidi

On 1 April, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the proposal to create a new instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE), to allow for financial aid in the form of loans from the Union to those Member States which are facing sudden increases in public expenditure for the preservation of employment.

10 April 2020

EU welfare states through the crisis: losing track of social investment?

By Stefano Ronchi

The European social investment momentum came to a halt in the years of the crisis. Retrenchment rather than investment became an option for EU welfare states under strain.

9 March 2020

The European Social Fund: Policy Dossier

By Niccolo Donati

This policy dossier is part of a series of analyses on the financial instruments available to the European Social Union (ESU). The European Social Fund is one of the longest-standing instruments of supranational policy available to the EU. The dossier will deal with the ESF history, policy goals, budget and visibility.

28 January 2020

The economic dimension in the electoral programmes of European political groups

By Pietro Regazzoni

The last European Parliament election campaign benefited from a greater interest on the part of EU citizens in the May 2019 European elections than previous elections; economic issues were at the core of citizens’ concerns. Do the electoral manifestos presented by the European political groups reflect these concerns?

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