Political visions 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.
Policy focus 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.
Policy focus 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.