Monica Simeoni Livres

Europe finds itself in a dramatic position: it must choose innovation, or disintegration, with all the unpredictable consequences this may entail. In this book, the authors discuss with leading experts on European issues and institutions, as well as on democracy put to the test currently by rampant populism in almost all the EU countries.

The crisis of democracy in Europe and the inability of the political parties and elites to adequately meet the challenges of globalisation exposes the increasingly fragmented middle classes to the temptations of Euroscepticism, and xenophobia. There is an urgent need for an inclusive Europe with a renewed welfare system, based around the citizenry.