Solidarity in the European Union A Fundamental Value in Crisis
This volume approaches the current crisis of solidarity in the European Union from a multidisciplinary perspective. The contributions explore the concept of solidarity, its role in the European integration process, and analyze the risks entailed by a lack
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idarity in the European Union A Fundamental Value in Crisis
Solidarity in the European Union
Andreas Grimmel • Susanne My Giang Editors
Solidarity in the European Union A Fundamental Value in Crisis
Editors Andreas Grimmel Institute for Political Science University of Hamburg Hamburg, Germany
Susanne My Giang Institute for Political Science University of Hamburg Hamburg, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-57035-8 ISBN 978-3-319-57036-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57036-5
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Foreword
Working for Solidarity: A Key European Value! To work for more Europe and for more Union in the EU is more important than ever before in EU history. Of course, the EU’s development has never been free from ruptures, contradictions, setbacks and negative developments. Time and again, it has experienced serious crises. But this time a lack of solidarity in dealing with the many crises currently facing us is giving rise to doubts as to whether the EU and its member states are capable of overcoming the challenges of our times. Rather than running after right-wing populists or abandoning our positions, the pro-European forces have to look, especially in a time of crisis, for a more solidarity-based, environmentally friendly and cosmopolitan Europe. Unfortunately, however, we are again and again witnessing a style of politics which focuses solely on national interests and which sacrifices much-needed European action in favour of domestic political benefit. This must change. The EU must no longer be the scapegoat for the failures of nat
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