This book sheds light on how member states and EU neighbours reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of European solidarity, what they expect from the EU, and other member states, and how they are ready to contribute to common action. The volume reveals how European countries experience and perceive solidarity from the EU and towards the EU in different policy dimensions, such as intra-EU mobility, healthcare and financial and economic aspects of Europe's recovery. The book offers national perspectives and perceptions of solidarity and concrete aspects in different policy areas. It includes a Foreword by the Vice-presidents of the European Parliament Katarina Barley and Othmar Karas.

Dr. ?Michael Kaeding is Jean Monnet Professor for European Integration and European Union Politics at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He is visiting fellow of the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht and member of the flying faculties of the College of Europe, Bruges, and the Turkish-German University in Istanbul. Between 2016 - 2019 he was the chairman of the Trans European Policy Studies Association.
Dr. Johannes Pollak is Professor of International Relations and rector of Webster Vienna Private University, Austria. Prior to this position, he headed the Department for Political Science at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna (on leave). In summer 2019, he was elected chairperson of the Board of the Institute of European Politics in Berlin.
Paul Schmidt is the Secretary General of the Austrian Society for European Politics, which promotes and supports analysis and communication on European affairs. Prior to that he has worked at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, both in Vienna and at their Representative Office in Brussels at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union.

Autorentext
Dr. Michael Kaeding is Jean Monnet Professor for European Integration and European Union Politics at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He is visiting fellow of the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht and member of the flying faculties of the College of Europe, Bruges, and the Turkish-German University in Istanbul. Between 2016 - 2019 he was the chairman of the Trans European Policy Studies Association.
Dr. Johannes Pollak is Professor of International Relations and rector of Webster Vienna Private University, Austria. Prior to this position, he headed the Department for Political Science at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna (on leave). In summer 2019, he was elected chairperson of the Board of the Institute of European Politics in Berlin. 
Paul Schmidt is the Secretary General of the Austrian Society for European Politics, which promotes and supports analysis and communication on European affairs. Prior to that he has worked at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, both in Vienna and at their Representative Office in Brussels at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: MEMBER STATES  Austria first?

Chapter 2: Belgium: Struggling with Solidarity

Chapter 3: Bulgaria: Free-riding on EU solidarity

Chapter 4: Croatia: Solidarity lost in translation

Chapter 5: Cyprus' quest for EU solidarity: juxtaposing community values with national interest

Chapter 6: Flexible solidarity and the limits of altruism in Czechia

Chapter 7: Danish Frugal Solidarity

Chapter 8: Estonia: symbols of solidarity or traps of interdependence?

Chapter 9: Finland: Cherry-picking on solidarity?

Chapter 10: France: solidarity for others and for itself!

Chapter 11: Germany: 'Together for Europe's recovery'? 'Wir schaffen das!'

Chapter 12: Contested European solidarity in times of migration crisis: the Greek case

Chapter 13: European Solidarity? A view from a renitent Hungary

Chapter 14: Ireland: Dublin Benefits from and Contributes to European Solidarity

Chapter 15: Italy: the straw that breaks the camel's back?

Chapter 16: Latvia's Peripheralised Solidarity: Rise and Fall of the 'Baltic Bubble' during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chapter 17:Perceptions of European solidarity in Lithuania - plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose?

Chapter 18:Liberty, Fraternity, Recovery - The Luxembourg perspective

Chapter 19 :Solidarity as the Small State Mantra for Malta's EU Membership

Chapter 20: Poland: from the Solidarity movement to non-reciprocal European solidarity

Chapter 21: Gone with the pandemic? - Portugal and EU solidarity Chapter 22: Romania relies on the EU's solidarity budget to overcome the pandemic

Chapter 23: The extent of solidarity - (mis)interpretation in Slovakia

Chapter 24: Slovenia: Solidarity sounds right, but can we see it?

Chapter 25: Spain's view of European solidarity: a pro-EU attitude and a self-perception of weakness

Chapter 26: Sweden: COVID-19 messing up the concept of solidarity

Chapter 27: The Netherlands: Solidarity and responsibility are two sides of the same coin

Chapter 28: "EU NEIGHBOURS Is the EU Albania's Indispensable Ally Through Thick and Thin?"

Chapter 29: Can the coronavirus defeat ethno-politics? Paradoxes of solidarity and politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Chapter 30: Georgia's Pandemic Response: promoting European integration through the lens of solidarity

Chapter 31: European solidarity out of self-interest: Iceland and crisis management in the EU

Chapter 32: Friends in need are friends indeed: how Kosovo failed to show solidarity during COVID-19 crisis

Chapter 33: Liechtenstein: Solidarity, Yes, but on my terms

Chapter 34: Montenegro: Enlargement solidarity, Hoping for the Best Chapter 35: EU solidarity in action: the curious case of North Macedonia welcomed amidst quarantine!

Chapter 36: European solidarity in a time of crisis: a Norwegian perspective

Chapter 37: Serbia: Shared Loyalties Amidst the Pandemic

Chapter 38: Switzerland: solidarity taken hostage

Chapter 39: Solidarity clashes with geopolitics in EU-Turkey Relations

Chapter 40: United Kingdom: Brexit meets European Solidarity

Chapter 41: EU-Ukraine: Towards a New Quality of Solidarity