European values in EU crises

In the last decades, a series of principles, described by several institutions and political actors as “European values” have often been at the core of political debates, especially when acute crises seemed to put them at risk. The values at stake are, among others, human dignity, solidarity, rule of law, democracy, transparency, equality and non-discrimination. The main objective of this course is to understand in which critical contexts such principles are mobilized and by whom and to explore what this mobilization reveals of European politics and identity.