1. Europe is recovering not only economically,
but also in the domain of social justice
After years of downward movement, an upward trend in the domain of social
justice is evident in the broad majority of EU member states. Although far from
all member states have regained their pre-crisis levels, the most recent EU Social
Justice Index data give cause for hope that the worst is over not just in economic
terms, but also from a social perspective. At the top of this year’s Social Justice
Index are the northern European states of Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Rounding
out the top group are the Czech Republic, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Austria
and Germany, while Greece, despite again posting slight gains this year, remains
clearly in last place
