Solidarity in Europe
The Principle of Solidarity
Content about Solidarity from the publication “The ABC of European Union law” (2010, European Union) by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt.Solidarity is the necessary corrective to freedom, for inconsiderate exercise of freedom is always at the expense of others. For this reason, if a Community framework is to endure, it must also always recognise the solidarity of its members as a fundamental principle, and share both the advantages, i.e. prosperity, and the burdens equally and fairly among its members.