
Why it seems east Germany is everywhere
A transnational perspective is needed to curb nationalistic populism and bring Europeans closer.
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Stefanie Börner is an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Magdeburg. Her areas of interest include European integration, social and employment policies and social theory.

A transnational perspective is needed to curb nationalistic populism and bring Europeans closer.

In the wake of the pandemic, the classical variety of national welfare models must be transformed into a multi-level social citizenship.

The economic crisis induced by Covid-19 has revealed the breaking points of the conservative welfare state. It is time for a reorientation.

The European Union has been much more successful at ‘negative’, market-liberalising integration than ‘positive’ social measures. The concept of social rights can change that.