Solidarity in the European Union

1. Introduction: Solidarity Lost? The European Union and the Crisis of One of Its Core Values
Andreas Grimmel, Susanne My Giang

Part I. Solidarity as a Concept and Fundamental Value in the European Union

2. Applying the Idea of Solidarity to Europe
Ulrich Steinvorth

3. Solidarity in the EU: A Critique of Solidarity and of the EU
Bengt Beutler

4. Solidarity as a Legal Concept
Markus Kotzur

5. European Solidarity and Its Limits: Insights from Current Political Challenges
Michèle Knodt, Anne Tews

Part II. The Crisis of Solidarity

6. Actual Patterns of Migration Flows: The Challenge of Migration and Asylum in Contemporary Europe
Catherine Wihtol Wenden

7. Solidarity in European Migration Policy: The Perspective of the Visegrád States
Justyna Segeš Frelak

8. Structural Injustice: The Eurozone Crisis and the Duty of Solidarity
Erik O. Eriksen

9. Disintegration from Within: Independence and Separatist Movements, the EU Response and the Role of Solidarity
Henri Waele

10. The EU Falling Apart? Theoretical Discussions of Brexit, Grexit and Other Exit Scenarios
Tim Oliver

11. “Inconvenient Solidarities”: Extreme-Right Online Networks and the Construction of a Critical Frame Against Europe
Manuela Caiani, Elena Pavan

12. Solidarity in the European Union: Fundamental Value or “Empty Signifier”
Andreas Grimmel

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Union Politics, European Integration, Migration, European Politics, European Law