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Tag Archives: Solidarity
Jul 12 2017
Renaissance or Decline? Europe‘s Crisis of Solidarity
2 CommentsBy Federico Nicolaci It is plain, and painful, to see: Europe’s existential crisis, which broke out almost eight years ago, far from gradually finding its solution, is worsening month by month. Not without a certain amount of irony, the disintegration … Continue reading
Posted by: July 12, 2017
Tagged with: EU, Euro crisis, refugee crisis, Solidarity
Oct 16 2015
Why the EU gets in the way of refugee solidarity
1 CommentBy Gregor Noll Can the migration across the Mediterranean really be considered a security threat? The European Council, the Council of Ministers and implicitly also the Parliament are dealing with the flight over the Mediterranean from a narrowly protectionist perspective. … Continue reading
Posted by: October 16, 2015
Tagged with: immigration, Solidarity
Feb 23 2015
Modalities of solidarity in Greece: a civil society at the cross-roads
5 CommentsBy Giota Alevizou As Greece has yet again become the epicentre of the European debt crisis, with collective negotiations for a fairer deal culminating before the end of February, its plight for survival has reached a new sense of moral … Continue reading
Posted by: February 23, 2015
Tagged with: austerity, Civic Culture, Civil Society, social change, Solidarity
Sep 22 2014
Socio-Economic Security, Transnational Solidarity and the Legitimation Crisis of the European Union
2 CommentsBy Alfio Cerami This article offers some insights on the socio-economic security approach of the European Union (EU), its conception of transnational solidarity and subsequent ‘legitimation crisis’. The aim is to foster reflections on a future, more integrated socio-economic security … Continue reading
Posted by: September 22, 2014
Tagged with: Legitimation crisis, Socio-economic security, Solidarity
Jul 17 2014
Europe should be understood not as an idea but rather as a clash of ideas
1 CommentBy Francesco Tava In his recent European election campaign, Alexis Tsipras indicated that one of the key-points of his programme was the necessity to fight “against the idea of a Fortress Europe”, and to conceive an “inclusive form of community”. … Continue reading
Posted by: July 17, 2014
Tagged with: community, European identity, fortress Europe, heterogeneity, immigration, Nancy, Patočka, Solidarity, Tsipras
Apr 5 2013
Fair and Unfair Solidarity?
2 CommentsBy Outi Keranen Inter-European solidarity has been in short supply across the Euro zone. While politicians deployed solidarity as one of the rationales for aiding the Greek economy, the notion has largely lost its appeal as the crisis continues. In … Continue reading
Posted by: April 5, 2013
Tagged with: Solidarity