Solidarity

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. In addition, cross-national studies would also allow identifying potential differences in support levels of different EU-level social policies between European populations, which can help us to understand what coalitions between countries can be formed in the future development of Social Europe.

8 May 2018

Solidarity and the Future of Europe

By Erik Oddvar Eriksen

The debate on the future of Europe should be a rallying cry for redeeming the promise of fraternite, which under conditions of economic globalisation can be realized only by politically catching up with it at the supranational level.

16 March 2018

The REScEU mass survey – Infographic #2: Should EU member states help one another?

By Alessandro Pellegata

This question and the next two investigate respondents’ attitudes regarding the second REScEU divide, separating core and peripheral EU member states on the issues of cross-national financial assistance and fiscal discipline

12 March 2018

National elites and EU economic governance: the art of cherry-picking solidarity

By Luca Verzichelli and Francesco Marangoni

Politicians still tend to support consensual solutions to the problems of EU economy. However, a polarization is emerging across countries and, above all, across parties. Moreover, being supportive of some kind of burden sharing does not necessarily mean being ready to delegate the economic policies to the EU institutions

«Restrictive policies in themselves, such as trying to keep migrants from reaching the shores of Europe, harden the image of migrants as potential economic competitors»

Solidarity

Solidarity

Public support for Social Europe: A versatile reality

Solidarity and the Future of Europe

The REScEU mass survey – Infographic #2: Should EU member states help one another?

National elites and EU economic governance: the art of cherry-picking solidarity

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