Analyses

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

8 February 2019

Debating Europe ahead of the EU Elections 2019: how MEPs interact on Twitter

By Martina Zaghi

I focus on the Twitter communications of actual members of the EP and try to shed light on whether, and to what extent, they interact with colleagues of different nationalities.

8 February 2019

The illiberal trend in Europe – a Reset DOC workshop

By Niccolo Donati

By describing the EU as a composite polity, Fabbrini argues that it should strive to become a federal union. This path allows us to understand how one of the most fundamental elements is still severely lacking from the European construction: political equality.

29 January 2019

Robotisation, europeanisation and minimum income

By Luis Moreno Fernandez

This contribution focuses on the impact that robotisation is already having on labour markets worldwide and its implications for EU welfare concerning unemployment protection/insurance, and the eventual implementation of minimum income schemes.

28 January 2019

The European Parliament in the transnational financial regulatory arena

By Anna Viterbo

Finding the right balance between reliance on technical expertise and democratic legitimacy in international financial regulation will be the challenge for the years to come. The European Parliament, which is seeking to bolster its position in the design of Basel standards, might play a role in this endeavour.

21 January 2019

MFF 2021-2027: Winners and losers across the EU from a social policy perspective

By Niccolo Donati

This article is the first part of a focus on the financial resources destined for cohesion policy within the MFF. We are going to discuss how geographical eligibility changed in the Commission’s proposal when compared with the previous MFF (2014–2020). Moreover, we are going to focus on the resources that are going to be allocated to social Europe with the new ESF+.

8 January 2019

A study of UK MP Tweets about Theresa May’s Brexit deal

By Martina Zaghi

The debate around the Brexit deal is complex and heated and, as is often the case with such significant topics, it is just as lively and multifaceted in its online dimension. EuVisions tried to capture this dimension, focusing on the Twitter communication of UK Members of Parliament.

3 January 2019

Investment in Social Infrastructure in Europe: Assessing a High-Level Idea

By Francesco Filippucci

In January 2018 the European Commission issued an interesting discussion paper by Lieve Fransen, Gino del Bufalo and Edoardo Reviglio, which reported the considerations made by the High-Level Task Force on Investing in Social Infrastructure in Europe, chaired by Romano Prodi and Christian Sautter.

17 December 2018

Passion, coolness and credibility: containing populism

By Astrid Séville

Recent electoral successes of populists in Europe have created a nervous atmosphere in the political arena. Politicians (and their staff) must talk to voters and confront their position with opposing ones to make political competition visible. Debates need to represent pluralism – and politicians need to endorse it.

1 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

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