Together we stand? Transnational solidarity in the EU in times of crises
| Author | Alexia Katsanidou,Christina Eder,Ann-Kathrin Reinl |
| Date | 01 March 2022 |
| Published date | 01 March 2022 |
| DOI | 10.1177/14651165211035663 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Together we stand?
Transnational solidarity in
the EU in times of crises
Alexia Katsanidou
Survey Data Curation, GESIS –Leibniz Institute for the Social
Sciences, Germany
Institute for Sociology and Social Psychology, University of
Cologne, Germany
Ann-Kathrin Reinl
Geschwister-Scholl-Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University of
Munich, Munich, Germany
Christina Eder
Survey Data Curation, GESIS –Leibniz Institute for the Social
Sciences, Germany
Abstract
After more than a decade of consecutive crises, the issue of transnational solidarity is
becoming increasingly relevant for the European Union. This research note compares
the current coronavirus disease-2019 crisis to previous ones and investigates the willing-
ness of European Union citizens to show solidarity towards fellow member states. We
test the influence of socio-political attitudes of citizens on solidarity preferences in three
crisis scenarios. We analyse Greece and Germany as cases differently affected by the
past decade’s crises and cases that chose different crisis management strategies when facing
the novel virus. Our findings indicate that solidarity is highest in a pandemic, while for all
crisis scenarios it is higher in Greece than in Germany. Despite variations in the degree of
solidarity associated relationships with socio-political attitudes remain consistent.
Keywords
COVID-19, crisis, European Union, transnational solidarity
Corresponding author:
Alexia Katsanidou, GESIS –Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, 50667, Cologne,
Germany.
Email: alexia.katsanidou@gesis.org
Article
European Union Politics
2022, Vol. 23(1) 66–78
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