Solidarity

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.

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.

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

25 September 2017

A compulsory civilian service to promote the European identity

By Furio Stamati

This article presents an argument in favour of a EU-wide civilian service as the first pillar of a strengthened European identity.

15 September 2017

Justice and the European Union

By Giulia Bistagnino

Within what parameters can Rawlsian distributional justice be applied to the EU?

12 May 2017

The emergence of territorial solidarity in the US during the Great Depression. What can the EU learn from it?

By Niccolo Donati

What can the EU learn from the American experience of interstate solidarity?

12 May 2017

The EU core-periphery debate on social media

By Martina Zaghi

The debate between EU core and peripheral countries is more diverse than it might seem at a first glance.

7 April 2017

Citizens’ views on inter-state solidarity and social Europe

By Alessandro Pellegata

Attitudes towards inter-state solidarity in the EU can be explained by nationality and political leaning. Preferences for a more social Europe, conversely, are more widespread.

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«the Commission sought to create a balance between antipodean positions: those of the Mediterranean countries, which have been asking for more solidarity for years, and those of countries viscerally opposed to welcoming asylum seekers»

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