From 27-29 November 2017, members of the TransSOL consortium met in Como, Italy, in order to take part in a workshop titled “Solidarity as a contested terrain: Italo-German experiences in the European frame.” The event was held at Villa Vigoni, which houses the Italian-German Centre for European Excellence. The conference was sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and included the German and the Italian TransSOL team as well as presentations by Maria Kousis from the Greek team and Tom Mongomery from Glasgow. The goal of the workshop was to discuss papers from WPs 2, 3 and 4. In addition, the event provided a chance to engage with scholars from another project on European solidarity, SOLIDUS .