Very interesting! Thanks for the analysis. I haven't looked at the proposal yet but, who is going to pay into the solidarity pool and who is going to get the benefits? More importantly, who is left to actually receive asylum-seekers? Just wondering about the political dynamics coming out of it...

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This helped the EP present a unified front in support of the RRF, while at the same time masking deeper national tensions. Member state hashtag#ownership within a common EU framework emerged as a new mode of crisis governance.

Its flexible meaning made it appealing across the political spectrum, embraced not only by the traditional grand coalition but also by far-left and soft-Eurosceptic parties.

✨ Using Discourse Network Analysis, we find that #resilience has become a true coalition magnet, providing a shared narrative that bridged the tension between #solidarity and #conditionality.

🔍 We look at how MEPs justified their positions in debates on the RRF and how ideological and member state coalitions formed around the key ideas of conditionality, ownership, resilience, and solidarity.

Yes, but still, is this surprising at this point? Is anyone expecting this to be a problem for the EPP?

Just confusing comment when posted with the picture of Fico and he being the driving force behind this change. Yes, he got support from Christian-Democrats but that's becoming less and less surprising, isn't it? Just interesting to see these alliances across the spectrum...