Special Issue 5 January 2019 The European Social Union as a “union of national welfare states”: a legal perspective By Fancesco Costamagna The fact that the ESU is not intended to be a European Welfare State, but a union of national welfare states, together with the idea according to which the ESU is set to become the institutional counterpart to the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) are two features that provide a strong normative orientation to the efforts aiming at creating the ESU.
Policy focus 25 July 2016 Restricting access to social benefits and the lasting legacy of the Brexit debate By Fancesco Costamagna In an attempt to accommodate some of the United Kingdom’s requests, the European Court of Justice has created a dangerous precedent for the EU’s freedom of movement.
