Political visions

The Political Visions section collects theoretical and philosophical insights into the idea of Social Europe. It offers different perspectives concerning the values that should shape the European Union, providing conceptual and normative tools to assess current European institutions and practices, and to foster European integration.

29 June 2020

Sweden’s odd response to COVID-19

By Adele Lebano

EU’s competences in the field of public health are quite scant and mainly limited to supporting the modernization of national health systems’ and improving their efficiency. The lack of coordination between the Member States gave rise to a wide arrange of approaches, often contradictory.

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?

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?

2 December 2019

Is free movement a threat or a boost to welfare states?

By Maria Giulia Montanari

Mobile European citizens have been repeatedly alleged to represent a burden on national welfare systems. Nevertheless, this might not emerge to be the case when one considers real data. Leaving public misperceptions about migration aside, this article points out the pros and cons of EU free movement for national welfare budgets.

18 November 2019

Luci sul lavoro: a festival on the future of the labour market – prospects in Italy and the EU

By Francesco Corti

From the 11th to the 13th of July 2019, policymakers and public intellectuals met in Montepulciano to debate the recent developments of labour market policy from the perspective of European social policy.

16 April 2019

What to expect from Germany for the European Social Pillar and beyond

By Marcel Hadeed

Broader conceptual debates in German ministries notably circumnavigate the question of the currency union’s social dimension. Instead, digitalisation and demographic change are accorded the majority of German bureaucratic headspace

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.

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.

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?

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