The EU needs a social investment pact
Vandenbroucke, Frank ; Hemerijck, Anton ; Palier, Bruno
Observatoire social européen, Brussels
OSE - Brussels
2011
22 p.
EU policy ; governance ; social policy
Opinion Paper
5
Social policy
English
Bibliogr.
"In this Opinion Paper, three of the leading EU social scientists argue that important long-term EU social and economic policy goals must not fall victim to short-term policy considerations triggered by the banking crisis that hit the global economy in 2008. They encapsulate these long-term goals in the notion of a “social investment imperative” and warn for the dangerous mix of welfare chauvinism and fiscal austerity nationalism dividing Europe. "
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