European Solidarity in Action and the Future of Europe

This book sheds light on how member states and EU neighbours reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of European solidarity, what they expect from the EU, and other member states, and how they are ready to contribute to common action. The volume reveals how European countries experience and perceive solidarity from the EU and towards the EU in different policy dimensions, such as intra-EU mobility, healthcare and financial and economic aspects of Europe's recovery. The book offers national perspectives and perceptions of solidarity and concrete aspects in different policy areas. It includes a Foreword by the Vice-presidents of the European Parliament Katarina Barley and Othmar Karas.

This book sheds light on how member states and EU neighbours reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of European solidarity, what they expect from the EU, and other member states, and how they are ready to contribute to common action. The volume reveals how European countries experience and perceive solidarity from the EU and towards the EU in different policy dimensions, such as intra-EU mobility, healthcare and financial and economic aspects of Europe’s recovery. The book offers national perspectives and perceptions of solidarity and concrete aspects in different policy areas. It includes a Foreword by the Vice-presidents of the European Parliament Katarina Barley and Othmar Karas.

MEMBER STATES  Austria first?- Belgium: Struggling with Solidarity.- Bulgaria: Free-riding on EU solidarity.- Croatia: Solidarity lost in translation.- Cyprus’ quest for EU solidarity: juxtaposing community values with national interest.- Flexible solidarity and the limits of altruism in Czechia.- Danish Frugal Solidarity.- Estonia: symbols of solidarity or traps of interdependence?- Finland: Cherry-picking on solidarity?- France: solidarity for others… and for itself!- Germany: ‘Together for Europe’s recovery’? – ‘Wir schaffen das!’.- Contested European solidarity in times of migration crisis: the Greek case.- European Solidarity? A view from a renitent Hungary.- Ireland: Dublin Benefits from and Contributes to European Solidarity.- Italy: the straw that breaks the camel’s back?- Latvia’s Peripheralised Solidarity: Rise and Fall of the ‘Baltic Bubble’ during the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Perceptions of European solidarity in Lithuania - plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose?- Liberty, Fraternity, Recovery - The Luxembourg perspective.- Solidarity as the Small State Mantra for Malta’s EU Membership.- Poland: from the Solidarity movement to non-reciprocal European solidarity.- Gone with the pandemic? - Portugal and EU solidarity.- Romania relies on the EU’s solidarity budget to overcome the pandemic.- The extent of solidarity - (mis)interpretation in Slovakia.- Slovenia: Solidarity sounds right, but can we see it?- Spain’s view of European solidarity: a pro-EU attitude and a self-perception of weakness.- Sweden: COVID-19 messing up the concept of solidarity.- The Netherlands: Solidarity and responsibility are two sides of the same coin.- "EU NEIGHBOURS Is the EU Albania’s Indispensable Ally Through Thick and Thin?".- Can the coronavirus defeat ethno-politics? Paradoxes of solidarity and politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Georgia’s Pandemic Response: promoting European integration through the lens of solidarity.- European solidarity out of self-interest: Iceland and crisis management in the EU.- Friends in need are friends indeed: how Kosovo failed to show solidarity during COVID-19 crisis.- Liechtenstein: Solidarity, Yes, but on my terms.- Montenegro: Enlargement solidarity, Hoping for the Best…- EU solidarity in action: the curious case of North Macedonia – welcomed amidst quarantine!- European solidarity in a time of crisis: a Norwegian perspective.- Serbia: Shared Loyalties Amidst the Pandemic.- Switzerland: solidarity taken hostage.- Solidarity clashes with geopolitics in EU-Turkey Relations.- United Kingdom: Brexit meets European Solidarity.- EU-Ukraine: Towards a New Quality of Solidarity.