Analyses

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

13 December 2018

A Timely Call for a Social Union

By Laszlo Andor

A Social Union cannot just mean more EU level legislation, as it cannot purely be built through more policy coordination or through budgetary instruments either. All three arms of governance have to play a role and in due coordination.

11 December 2018

Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2018 – A Twitter report

By euvisions

To mark the 19th edition of their flagship publication, the European Social Observatory (OSE) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) are holding a presentation-debate.

29 November 2018

When Le Pen meets Salvini – A Twitter analysis

By Martina Zaghi

Speaking at a joint press conference in Rome, on October 8, the French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen and Italian deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini unveiled their common plans for the European Union in the run-up to the European Parliament elections of May 2019

25 November 2018

EU solidarity between social cohesion and active commitment

By Marie Wachinger

Solidarity can be evoked for merely instrumental reasons, it can be called upon in an appeal to one’s morals, or it can be depicted as an act of benevolence – and these are all scenarios that sound all too familiar to observers of EU politics.

20 November 2018

Why Current Restrictions on EU immigrants’ Access to Welfare Rights should be Lifted

By Dimitrios Efthymiou

What restrictions in terms of access to its welfare system, would an EU member-state in a free movement Union opt for if it didn't know how the benefits and costs of freedom of movement would be distributed among the Union's member states?

9 November 2018

Public support for Social Europe: A versatile reality

By Sharon Baute

To get the full picture of what specific designs of Social Europe are politically viable and legitimate, knowledge is needed on whether citizens’ interpretations of Social Europe are similar or vary across EU member states.

4 October 2018

Macron Vs Orbán and Salvini: the debate on Twitter between openness and closure

By Martina Zaghi

On August 28 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán flew to Milan to meet Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. We followed the public discussion on Twitter related to the meeting, collecting and analyzing messages, retweets and comments.

1 October 2018

What the far-right thinks of Europe

By Marta Lorimer

Far-right parties across the Old Continent think of Europe as a nativist identity, rather than a political peace project.

24 September 2018

Andrea Venzon: “If VOLT succeeds, Europe will change”

By Alexander Damiano Ricci

VOLT promises to “radically change the way politics is done and European institutions” through the first-ever pan-European party in history.

17 September 2018

Refugees and individual solidarity: Social beliefs, political-ideological orientations and social traits

By Nicola Maggini

Socio-political tendencies and education both affect whether European citizens choose to show solidarity for refugees

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«There is no doubt that we live in highly specialised societies. The political problems that we deal with are however quite similar. So maybe a starting point to better understand an appropriate conception of solidarity for the EU could be the idea of a “mechanical” attitude in the Durkheimian sense. However, conviction to be part of a joint political project, rather than fear of suffering alone, should be the guiding principle of solidarity in the EU»

Analyses

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