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After Lisbon: content and vision

The changes in our societies together with globalisation should determine our agenda

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The gains made by the European People’s Party (EPP) in the 2009 European Parliament elections have given the party a new opportunity to advance its message. In the face of the weaknesses of current social models made apparent by the recent economic crisis, globalisation and changes in European society, Christian democracy could provide an alternative that balances the demands of a globalising world order and the desire to preserve the European social model. Further policy research is needed; however, recent socio-economic challenges and the political success of the EPP have shown that Christian democracy has a bright future.

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  1. This approach has been further elaborated in my essay, Society, Values, Politics, available at the website of CES.

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van Gennip, J.J.A.M. After Lisbon: content and vision. European View 9, 105–110 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12290-010-0110-x

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