Analyses

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

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

9 September 2018

Racism and integration – A dialogue between Maurizio Ferrera and Daniel Little

By Maurizio Ferrera and Daniel Little

Can we say that racism is not only a mental construct but a real property of the US economic, social and political structure?

3 September 2018

Regional, national, global: Mogherini’s take on migration

By Giulia Tercovich

The European response to the recent migration flows to the continent is everything but successful. Yet, the High Representative of the EU Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini could be proud of a few initiatives started by the Union.

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«Our survey highlights another interesting aspect: although just about less than 2% of voters considered EU economic policy as a problem Italy is facing, we detected a strong association between the issue of immigration and the role played by the EU»

Analyses

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