Socializing the European Semester? Economic Governance and Social Policy Coordination in Europe 2020

Zeitlin, Jonathan; Vanhercke, Bart

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“…The MIP has yet to be viewed as contributing to the type of economic and political crises that stemmed from the breakdown in Greek statistics (Zeitlin and Vanhercke 2014). Consequently, the member states and Parliament have elected to rely upon an MIP surveillance process that operates without the assurance of statistics as reliable as those in the EDP.…”

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Enforcing the European Semester: the politics of asymmetric information in the excessive deficit and macroeconomic imbalance procedures

Savage

Howarth

2017

Journal of European Public Policy

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Enforcing the European Semester: the politics of asymmetric information in the excessive deficit and macroeconomic imbalance procedures

Savage

Howarth

2017

Journal of European Public Policy

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“…51 In particular, differentiation of national social policy is imposed in response to cyclical shocks which impact differently on Member States with different economies. The shift in relation between Europe's societies and the subset of economic integration is profound: while in the internal markets national societies are justified in holding up values against market integration as long as this does not result in (re-)establishing 48 J Zeitlin and B Vanhercke (2014), as in footnote 33, at 62, using the softer term "discontent". 49 national borders at different levels, in the EMU national societies are required, under threat of fines and payments, to differentiate and lower protection levels.…”

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A constitution of social governance for the European Union

Schiek¹

2016

The Human Face of the European Union

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This chapter considers the EU's socio-economic constitution under the lens of humaneness. It argues that the EU's unique socio-economic constitution demands equilibrium of socio-economic integration instead of widening the gap between economic integration at EU levels and social integration at national levels. While the EU lacks the legislative competences to achieve this equilibrium, the constitutional principle still prevails. Indeed, the EU competences reflect its own values as well as the socioeconomic constitutions of its constituent Member States. These frequently do not allow for total state-governance of social spheres such as working life, education, care or other social services. Instead, societal actors are given scope to (co-)govern these spheres at national levels. Accordingly, the apparent tension between the EU's socioeconomic values and principles and its limited competences in the social policy field can be resolved through a dynamic interpretation of the EU Treaties towards a "constitution of social governance". This interpretation reads the Treaties as authorising governance by societal actors. The chapter connects the idea of humanness to the ideals of social governance at EU level and proposes two options for practical application of the concept. These are rules for trans-national labour markets based on European collective labour agreements and a European higher education sector developed by agreements between universities. Key words Social governance  Trans-national collective labour agreements  European higher education sector  New economic governance  Market determinism  Neo-liberal drift  austerity  Professor of Law, Jean Monnet ad personam Chair in EU Law and Policy, Queen's University Belfast. This chapter owes much to the generous feedback by Dora Kostakopoulou and Julia Bradshaw, and to the editors' patience with missed deadlines. The usual disclaimer applies. 2

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“…Borrás and Radaelli (2011);. Zeitlin and Vanhercke (2014) point out how the Commission deliberately rejected paralleling policy coordination processes outside Europe 2020, notably the Social OMC, in part because it sought to reduce the burden of overlapping reporting processes incumbent upon Member States. Zeitlin and Vanhercke (2014) at 29.…”

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“…Zeitlin and Vanhercke (2014) point out how the Commission deliberately rejected paralleling policy coordination processes outside Europe 2020, notably the Social OMC, in part because it sought to reduce the burden of overlapping reporting processes incumbent upon Member States. Zeitlin and Vanhercke (2014) at 29. 478 Europe 2020 determines that the Smart Regulation-approach should be applied to enhance the functioning of the Single Market and, in particular, in the realisation of three Flagship Initiatives (regarding innovation policy, industrial policy, and employment policy).…”

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“…The analysis in Chapter 7 will deal with the AGS from 2011 until 2016. 534 These have been skilfully discussed elsewhere: ; Klosse (2013, 2014); Zeitlin and Vanhercke (2015). 535 In the first AGS in 2011, for example, the Commission set off on an "integrated approach to recovery" concentrating on key measures in the context of Europe 2020 and encompassing three main areas: (a) the need for rigorous fiscal consolidation for enhancing macro-economic stability; (b) structural reforms for higher employment; and (c) growth enhancing measures.…”

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Socializing the European Semester? Economic Governance and Social Policy Coordination in Europe 2020

Cited by 83 publications

References 33 publications

Enforcing the European Semester: the politics of asymmetric information in the excessive deficit and macroeconomic imbalance procedures

Enforcing the European Semester: the politics of asymmetric information in the excessive deficit and macroeconomic imbalance procedures

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