Welfare State Failed, what's next – Europe is getting older – the European welfare state is unable to finance itself. These familiar statements have profound implications for all European citizens, particularly for those living in post-communist countries, where quality of life, public policy, and the birth rate are lower than on the Western part of the continent; politics and solidarity in Europe – „Solidarity” in European discourse most often refers to the solidarity of member states rather than solidarity among European citizens, although the latter is often brought up as well; future of democracy assistance, a debate between key actors; rivers of empathy – floods, policy and politics – natural disasters not only generate crossborder policy changes, but are also part of the political theater.
Visegrad Insight
2/2013 (15.11.2013)
