European social model

European social model

European social model

European social model

22 May 2017

Pensions and the European Semester: From National to Supranational Policy Domain?

By Igor Guardiancich and Mattia Guidi

The European Semester has proved to be more powerful than expected in shaping national pension debates and outcomes.

20 March 2017

Italy’s Jobs Act in European perspective: The flawed economics of flexibility

By Martin Myant

The causal connection between labour market flexibility and employment—a key idea behind Italy’s Jobs Act—does not find much support in the empirical evidence.

27 February 2017

More solidarity than meets the eye: Introducing the REScEU survey

By Maurizio Ferrera

This note launches a series of infographics and articles elaborating on the results of an original survey conducted by the REScEU project.

9 January 2017

Digitalization and the EU’s social dimension

By Olimpia Fontana

Digitalization entails both risks and opportunities for work. This article overviews some policy measures to minimize the former and favour an equitable distribution of the latter.

11 August 2016

Revising the posted workers directive: A controversial symbol for the future of social Europe

By Christos Louvaris Fasois

The proposal for the revision of the Posted Workers Directive has rekindled the old debate between economic freedom and social rights, and that between old and new member states.

26 May 2016

The Public Consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights: Political Manoeuvre or Real Will?

By Angie Gago

Can the new public consultation process on the European Pillar of Social Rights help revamp the European social model?

«As soon as Mogherini, former Italian Foreign Minister, arrived in Brussels, she worked hard to make migration not a national but a European issue»