The fight for EU social rights
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European integration has long been skewed towards the economy.?Proposals for parallel social integration have been around for many years but only got a real boost with the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights in 2017.
In the electoral year to come, its 20 principles on equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions, social poverty and inclusion remind European institutions and member states not to forget the social dimension of the European integration process. And, against the backdrop of public anger and rapidly advancing far-right movements, they certainly remind Progressives to put the Pillar of Social Rights high on their electoral agenda.
This new Progressive Post dossier aims to highlight?the importance of the EU's social rights, for every European citizen, and especially as the centre-piece of the upcoming electoral campaign, as, ultimately, these European elections will be about the European society we want for the future.
Jacques Delors, one of the main architects of our Union who passed away recently, left us a strong legacy: there will be no well-functioning internal market nor a robust monetary Union without solidarity, as well as without economic and social cohesion. He always regretted that the monetary Union lacked an economic, and a sufficiently strong social dimension.?Read more.
This article was written by Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights
Since the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) in 2017, Social Europe has been put back on the political agenda of the EU. Its 20 principles on equal opportunities and access to the?labour market, fair working conditions, social poverty and inclusion remind European institutions and member states not to forget the social dimension of the European integration process.?Read more.
This article was written by? Bj?rn Hacker , Professor of European economic policy at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
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12 February -?Austrian Permanent Representation, Brussels
In view of the redesign of EU economic governance, the start of a new legislature in Brussels in 2024, the upcoming European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) review of 2025, and in the context of the war in Ukraine, the ‘cost-of-living’ crisis, the transitions, and the splintering of the political landscape,?the significance of the EPSR as both a guiding compass and a positive, counter-crisis narrative has never been more important.
FEPS,?Solidar, AK EUROPA,?Social Platform?and the?European Policy Centre?bring together policymakers, trade unions, civil society representatives, academics, and experts to engage in a critical discussion about the future of the EPSR?and its pivotal role in shaping the European Union’s social policies. The emphasis on the EPSR and the implementation of its 20 thematic rights and principles must be safeguarded. Read more.
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