European Social Policy? Prospects for the New EU Commission. flashlight europe N°3 – November 2014

Stuchlik, Andrej (2014) European Social Policy? Prospects for the New EU Commission. flashlight europe N°3 – November 2014. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

Whilst the intricate set of national and genu-ine European competences is probably just as convoluted as it has always been, the ex-pectations of EU citizens are nothing of the sort. This is especially true in the area of em-ployment and social affairs. What they want from policymakers is social safety and risk protection. And whether these things are done on the European or national level is of little importance. We have studied the latest data on social justice in the EU in order to de-scribe the most important tasks and chal-lenges currently facing Marianne Thyssen, the new Social Affairs Commissioner.

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