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European social dialogue for Europe’s social services - Social Europe
WEBJul 13, 2023 — The European Commission announced the establishment of a new social-dialogue committee for social services, which employ over nine million workers across the European Union. The first such EU sectoral committee in over a decade, it will allow those workers to have their voices heard at the European level. Care more than …
EU social agenda beyond 2024—no time to waste - Social Europe
WEBFeb 7, 2023 — Unifying framework. For the EU to be a social union, supporting national welfare states, it must be guided by shared aspirations. That is why the 2017 European Pillar of Social Rights was and still is such an important initiative. It should remain our unifying framework for the policies of social protection and social investment whose necessity is underscored by Diamantopoulou’s report.
A new European social contract must be green
WEBMay 13, 2024 — As the European Union approaches elections and the next term, discussions about a new political pact are buzzing with potential. While EU heads of state and government prepare the ‘strategic agenda’ to guide the next five years, versions of a new European arrangement have been sketched. The Antwerp Declaration calls for an industrial deal while the La Hulpe Declaration outlines demands for ...
Stepping up the EU agenda on social citizenship
WEBApr 12, 2024 — On Tuesday a ‘High-level Conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights’, organised by the Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU, will adopt an inter-institutional declaration to renew the commitment to the EPSR, promulgated in 2017.
Social dialogue must be at the heart of Europe’s future
WEBJan 24, 2023 — Social dialogue is a fundamental part of democracy in Europe. It is a powerful means of reaching fair agreements between workers and employers—the social partners—and of generating quality jobs and employment and securing sustainable economic growth. This week, the European Commission is due to publish its long-awaited Social Dialogue ...
Politics Archives • Social Europe
WEB6 days ago — Politics. Social Europe is an award-winning digital media publisher. We use the values of freedom, sustainability and equality as the foundation on which we examine society’s most pressing challenges. We are committed to publishing cutting-edge thinking and new ideas from the most thought-provoking people.
Society Archives • Social Europe
WEBAug 1, 2024 — Social Europe is an award-winning digital media publisher. We use the values of freedom, sustainability and equality as the foundation on which we examine society’s most pressing challenges. We are committed to publishing cutting-edge thinking and new ideas from the most thought-provoking people. This archive page brings together Social Europe articles on society.
The Social Summit—and beyond - Social Europe
WEBMay 7, 2021 — The summit that Portugal’s prime minister has convened today will discuss the steps needed to realise the promise of the European Pillar of Social Rights, which has the potential steadily to raise economic and social standards across the continent. The summit must engender a real commitment by all EU member states to implement the social pillar’s 20 principles, including fair wages, secure ...
Creating social legitimacy in the EU - Social Europe
WEBJul 3, 2019 — Legitimacy problem. The internal divisions of the EU are accompanied by an ever more apparent legitimacy problem. In formal terms, the EU’s legal acquis and the primacy of union law is fully legitimised through the mechanisms of its multi-level governance system. The basis for its formal legitimacy is the electoral mandate citizens in each member state grant their governments to negotiate ...