Policy focus 11 April 2018 Tripartite Social Summit 2018: difficulties on the horizon – A report By Francesco Corti and Patrik Vesan What emerged from the Tripartite Social Summit is a general convergence around the Social Fairness Package. The difficulties on the horizon, however, are manifold.
Policy focus 12 December 2017 EU Pillar of Social Rights: what comes after Gothenburg? By Patrik Vesan and Francesco Corti Some months ago, the President of the EC said that the Social Pillar would be "the last chance for (Social) Europe". If this is true, claiming, as it happened in Gothenburg, that the EPSR is "a step in the right direction" is not sufficient.
Policy focus 21 April 2017 The Jobs Act and youth (un)employment: between political narratives and policy perspectives By Patrik Vesan Two years after the introducion of Renzi’s Jobs Act, its achievements in the area of youth employment appear rather limited.