WELFARE OR WARFARE? SAVING THE WELFARE STATE IN THE AGE OF POWER

The European social model is faltering between economic stagnation and the return of bloc geopolitics, which pushes countries to prioritise security and defence at the expense of welfare. Drawing on his experience as Greek Prime Minister during the debt crisis and at the top of the Council of Europe, Giōrgos Papandreou, together with Gabriele Segre, examines how the shrinking of political space weakens representative institutions and what antibodies Europe must activate for a participatory democracy.