The New Social Movements in Europe

The economic crisis in Europe, and the austerity measures implemented to overcome it, have been accompanied by the emergence of social movements of very different character across Europe, which pose a threat to the status quo. This phenomenon has captured public attention from the media throughout the Western world. At this encounter, the sociologist Fernando Vallespín and the writers Antonio Muñoz Molina and Elvira Lindo and will analyze this new situation from a writer’s point of view, to help understand this complex phenomenon and the possibilities and risks of the foreseeable future.