Trade unions

15 January 2018

The EPSR must become EU law – A conversation with George Dassis

By Alexander Damiano Ricci

Euvisions met the President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), George Dassis, in November 2017, on the occasion of the interinstitutional proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), in Gothenburg, Sweden.

31 March 2016

The European Semester and the social partners: Any chance of friendship?

By Angie Gago

The European Semester gives European institutions the power to intervene in national labour and social reforms. Although some countries include social partners in the new policymaking process, a recently published report argues that more needs to be done in this respect.

11 December 2015

Whither European unionism?

By Angie Gago

The recent congress of the European Trade Union Confederation closed a four-year cycle during which the union movement faced the worsening of the economic crisis, the reinforcement of austerity policies and the creation of a new European economic governance.

«Although the EU has not yet reached the level of a ‘community of emotions’, it has certainly moved away from a mere economic association to a community of rule, with solidarity links among its members»

Trade unions

Trade unions

The EPSR must become EU law – A conversation with George Dassis

The European Semester and the social partners: Any chance of friendship?

Whither European unionism?

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