The last decade has been a decennium horribile for the EU. Since 2008, the European Union has faced a series of unprecedented shocks: the Great Recession, the sovereign debt crisis and its dramatic social consequences, security threats linked to terrorism and conflicts in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa), the refugee crisis and, eventually, Brexit. Supranational decision making was severely tested. Against all odds, however, the destructive spiral stopped short of driving the Union into self-destruction: a circumstance that still calls for an explanation. Only a thorough retrospective analysis of the political crisis can cast light on the nature of this unexpected resilience.
SOLID is the result of the synergies which brought together prof. Maurizio Ferrera, Professor of Political Science at UniversitĂ degli Studi di Milano, Hanspeter Kriesi, Professor of Political Science at the European University Institute and Prof. Waltraud Schelkle, formerly Professor in Political Economy at the London School of Economics and currently Joint Chair for European Public Policy at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute.
new publications
Moise, Alexandru D. ;
Truchlewski, Zbigniew ;
Oana, Ioana Elena
Tilly versus Milward: Experimental Evidence of Public Preferences for European Defense Amidst the Russian Threat – Political Behavior
13/11/2024
Oana, Ioana Elena ;
Kriesi, Hanspeter ;
Altiparmakis, Argyrios
Dynamics of protest mobilisation in the European poly-crisis – Journal of European Public Policy
26/07/2024
Kriesi, Hanspeter ;
Moise, Alexandru D.
Crisis situation and crisis policymaking: a comparison of Germany and Hungary in two refugee crises – Journal of European Public Policy
20/07/2024
Truchlewski, Zbigniew ;
Schelkle, Waltraud
Beyond the North–South divide: transnational coalitions in EU reforms – New Political Economy
19/07/2024
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