ESU public forum

ESU public forum

ESU public forum

ESU public forum

17 August 2019

Conclusion: a boost to ESU building

By Maurizio Ferrera

In his conclusion to the ESU debate, Maurizio Ferrera distills a brief summary of the discussion, and adds further remarks on “how to piece the ESU together”, as well as his hopes of advancement for the post-election new legislature.

17 August 2019

The new European Commission must convince citizens that the Pillar is alive and kicking

By Frank Vandenbroucke

Some further thoughts on the European Social Union public forum debate

17 April 2019

Challenges to ‘united in diversity’ in a European Social Union: Taking the core–periphery conflict seriously

By Vladimir Bogoeski

In the context of Brexit and rising Euroscepticism across the continent that has focused on (mis)interpretations of the effects of labour mobility, the question of a European Social Union cannot sidestep the East-West chasm and treat the Eurozone as its only priority.

3 December 2018

The European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Social Union: creating the link

By euvisions

In order to encourage and facilitate the conceptual and policy link between the Pillar and ESU, Euvisions launches today a debate with two introductory contributions by Frank Vandenbroucke and Maurizio Ferrera, followed by two comments by Manos Matsaganis and Anton Hemerijck.

3 December 2018

The European Pillar of Social Rights: from promise to delivery – Introduction to the “European Social Union (ESU) public forum debate”

By Frank Vandenbroucke

We need an effective ‘roadmap for delivery’ of the European Pillar of Social Rights, based on the complementarity of existing EU instruments and a well-considered selection of priority initiatives. Which initiatives should feature in such a range of priorities?

3 December 2018

Crafting the ESU – Towards a roadmap for delivery

By Maurizio Ferrera

We have an Economic and Monetary Union. We must pronounce the birth of a fully-fledged institutional counterpart: a European Social Union (ESU). The year 2017 sealed the adoption of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), an important and valuable step forward, but not enough.

3 December 2018

Snakes and ladders on the road to ESU

By Manos Matsaganis

In joining this debate, I will focus on three topics: the constraints placed by diversity, and how to overcome them; the limits of unemployment (re)insurance, and the need to address new forms of ‘worklessness’; and the contribution of a European Social Union to the goal of coping with the transformations of work.

3 December 2018

Who’s afraid of the European Social Union? A contribution to the ESU debate

By Anton Hemerijck

Untold lessons from the Great Recession call for a transformation in the Eurozone governance regime from a ‘disciplining device’ over member welfare states into a European Social Union (ESU) as a ‘holding environment’ for active welfare states to prosper.

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