Debate on expanding social citizenship: critiques and reply regarding Schmitter, P. C. and Bauer, M. W. 'A (modest) proposal for expanding social citizenship in the European Union', Journal of European Social Policy 11 (1): 55-65

Van Parijs and Vanderborght respond to Schmitter and Bauer's article, arguing that the way in which transnational solidarity is organized within the European Union must be fundamentally re-thought, but that the proposed Euro-Stipendium is not the best way forward. Matsaganis also criticizes the Euro-Stipendium and calls for an EU social transfer that avoids the perils of means-testing and moral hazard. Bauer and Schmitter reply, accepting some of the suggestions offered but rejecting other criticisms. (Quotes from original text)