{"id":38400,"date":"2009-05-01T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/les-limites-de-leurope-sociale-concilier-respect-d\/"},"modified":"2022-12-28T09:23:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T08:23:23","slug":"les-limites-de-leurope-sociale-concilier-respect-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/en\/les-limites-de-leurope-sociale-concilier-respect-d\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of the European Social Model. Reconciling Respect for Diversity with Social Policy Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"
The social dimension is often seen as the poor relation of European construction. On the one hand, EU advances in social policy often go unnoticed by the citizens; on the other, the great diversity of systems of social welfare, vocational training, social rights and wage policies etc. makes it very difficult to establish common rules in a 27-member Union. Nevertheless, the French Presidency of the European Union set itself the goal in 2008 of imparting a fresh impetus to social Europe. Was this wholly utopian? Are Europeans ready to let the “social” dimension into the sphere of their common policies?\nJean-Claude Barbier shows here how difficult it is to reconcile the diversity of European peoples with the integration of social policies. Quite apart from the linguistic obstacles, difficulties remain that are associated with the sense of national belonging, the geographical focus of administrations and social bodies, the essential place occupied by social welfare protection in democratic life in Europe and the legitimacy that states retain, in the eyes of their nationals, in the organization both of that protection and of solidarity in respect of social risks etc. Overall, Barbier stresses, national political communities remain very inward-looking when it comes to taking important social decisions.\nNonetheless, in the current context of economic crisis, the situation may change. Of the three future scenarios proposed by Jean-Claude Barbier – continuation of the status quo, a strengthening of social Europe in response to the crisis and the elimination of social Europe – it may well be that the development of a fresh impetus for European social policy prevails.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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