Author profile

Christian Schweiger

Christian Schweiger is visiting professor of comparative European governance systems in the Institute for Political Science at Chemnitz University of Technology. Recent publications include Central and Eastern Europe in the EU: Challenges and Perspectives under Crisis Conditions (with Anna Visvizi, Edward Elgar 2018).

Creating social legitimacy in the EU

Christian Schweiger

The EU will only survive long-term if it builds its future agenda on broad public support through open dialogue and innovative consultation.

Progressive Politics: Permanent Austerity Stranglehold?

Christian Schweiger

Europe’s centre-left, progressive politics is in crisis, maybe in its most existential crisis since the foundation of the Social Democratic movement in the late 19th