Mapping the political divides of social Europe

What the far-right thinks of Europe

Andrea Venzon: “If VOLT succeeds, Europe will change”

The members of VOLT are 36 years old on average and 70% of them did never subscribe to any political party. At the same time, they are flying high as they promise to “radically change the way politics is done and European institutions” through the first-ever pan-European party in history. As of now, VOLT is establishing political parties in all main EU Member States.

Refugees and individual solidarity: Social beliefs, political-ideological orientations and social traits

Macron Vs Orbán and Salvini: the debate on Twitter between openness and closure

On August 28 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán flew to Milan to meet Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. We followed the public discussion on Twitter related to the meeting, collecting and analyzing messages, retweets and comments. Twitter users’ reaction can be described within the framework of the so-called “horizontal” Europeanization of national public spheres. The concept depicts the increasing integration of the public debates between the EU countries, arising from a shared sense of belonging to the EU.