by Marta Lorimer Ever since its conception, the process of European integration has proven to be a divisive issue for political parties. One might think, for example, of the British Conservative party’s divisions over Europe, or of the differing attitudes of the French socialists at the time of the Constitutional…

We are “neither left, nor right”, but “progressives”, kicks off Andrea Venzon, President of VOLT Europa, as he describes in a few words the identikit of the pan-European movement he co-founded in 2016, a few days after Brexit became a reality. The members of VOLT are 36 years old on…

by Nicola Maggini In the last years, the issue of solidarity towards vulnerable groups such as refugees has come under the spotlight. On the one hand, the inability of EU institutions and their member states to establish a coordinated asylum policy, mechanisms of admission and integration as well as the…

Maurizio Ferrera (MF): Your work has spanned across several disciplines, in particular, philosophy and sociology. What is the contribution that the philosophy of the social sciences can offer for a better understanding of social and political reality? Daniel Little (DL): Reflecting on his role as a philosopher, John Locke said…

by Giulia Tercovich Some people are ashamed of the figures for admissions. I have always been ashamed of the deaths that the European Union pretended not to see for so many years before we took office. …

by Hugo Canihac and Francesco Laruffa If anything, “social Europe” has long been the subject of intense discussions. In a chapter of a forthcoming book, we argue that looking at the discourses produced about social Europe in historical perspective reveals how the understanding of the “social” in the European Union…

by Alessandro Pellegata In our last infographic, we saw how EU member states are polarized when it comes to policy initiatives EU institutions have adapted to handle the increasing influx of immigrants from non-EU member states. While some countries are in favour of a more prominent role of the EU…

by Jürgen Gerhards, Zsófia S. Ignácz, Holger Lengfeld, Florian K. Kley, Maximilian Priem European Welfare Solidarity to Realize a Social Europe The Great Recession and the Eurozone crisis took a large toll on EU Member States and their economies. Subsequently, many EU citizens faced wage cuts, higher risk of unemployment and poverty. The crisis forced many Europeans into…

<i>Contributor</i><! — more → <p>Florian K. Kley is a researcher in the HORIZON 20202-Project, <em>Solidarity in European Societies: Empowerment, Social Justice and Citizenship (SOLIDUS)</em> at the Chair for Societal Institutions and Social Change at the Institute of Sociology at Leipzig University. His main research fields are European social integration, social stratification research, and quantitative data analysis.</p>