In this paper we confront the role the EU traditionally plays in the domain of health with the urgent need for collective action triggered by the corona virus pandemic. In the face of such a crisis, we argue that the joint procurement, stockpiling and allocation of medical countermeasures is a...

French Abstract: Par rapport à d’autres questions sociétales, le débat sur les pensions porte sur un sujet techniquement simple mais émotionnellement chargé car les pensions ont tout à voir avec deux questions fort délicates : la sécurité et la liberté. Les pensions doivent apporter...

Dutch Abstract: Hoe ziet de sociale zekerheid van de toekomst eruit? Is ons stelsel bestand tegen de druk van economische, demografische, en sociale verschuivingen, of zullen we het grondig moeten herdenken? Denktank Minerva nodigde ons uit om op die vragen een antwoord te geven. Eerst schets ik...

Can the need for incentives justify inequality? Starting from this question, Frank Vandenbroucke examines a conception of justice in which both equality and responsibility are involved. In the first part of the inquiry, which explores the implementation of that conception of justice, the...

Today, many people agree that the EU lacks solidarity and needs a social dimension. This debate is not new, but until now the notion of a 'social Europe' remained vague and elusive. To make progress, we need a coherent conception of the reasons behind, and the agenda for, not a 'social Europe',...