The EU’s ‘People, Skills, Preparedness’ agenda: A risky shift in social policy
The EU’s ‘People, Skills, Preparedness’ shift signals a move toward individual responsibility and crisis management in social policy.
Amandine Crespy
Europe’s just transition—still out of reach
If it holds on to ‘green growth’ and tight fiscal constraints, the EU will be unable to negotiate a just transition.
Why EU action on minimum wages is so controversial—yet so necessary
The opening of debate on minimum wages across the EU has precipitated a Nordic union reaction against incursions on collective bargaining.
The Goulard case—a rap on the knuckles for Emmanuel Macron
The rejection by the European Parliament of Slyvie Goulard as French commissioner showed that ‘it’s France’ is not a sufficient excuse for special treatment.
Why Macron Is Not The New Left
Since his election in May 2017, international observers have fairly unanimously welcomed Emmanuel Macron as today’s modernizing figure in French politics and depicted him as
The End Of The German Post-War Political Model
Has Germany, a country considered one of the most stable democracies in the world, presided over by the same Chancellor for the last 12 years,
European Pillar Of Social Rights Mirrors EU Good Intentions And Contradictions
On 26 April the European Commission presented its long-awaited proposal for establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights designed to achieve ‘upward convergence’. Very much
The Real Cost Of Negative Integration In Europe
The death of 129 people in the Paris terrorist attacks of November 2015 triggered a discreet mea culpa from the 28 European Ministers of Justice