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Pension policy in Europe since the crisis: EU developments and national reforms
No full textThe contribution provides an overview of developments at both EU and Member State level, and assesses the shift (if any) in policy discourse and measures. The chapter considers these issues in the following way. Section 1 will focus on EU-level developments, analysing the impact of the crisis on the interplay between the core issues of adequacy and sustainability.
Section 2 will focus on pension reforms undertaken over the past year in three EU Member States - Greece, France and Hungary - and assess the extent to which a similar shift in emphasis can be observed. Section 3 will draw some preliminary conclusions as to how the crisis has affected EU-level developments as well as pension reform patterns in Member States
Future Prospects
No full textIn this chapter we do refer to the main features of the debt crisis that has touched many EU countries. We then focus on the way the EU - also through the innovations mentioned above – has reacted to the huge challenge of boosting recovery. Key risks and tensions are still present on the EU agenda and decisions on delicate issues should be taken in the next months to let EU finds its way
Introduction. Europe 2020: Towards a more social EU?
No full textThis contribution aims to introduce the overall architecture of the new EU socio-economic governance and explain the complex interplay between its different parts: the three priorities, the five EU headline targets which need to be translated into national targets, the seven flagship initiatives, the ten Integrated Guidelines for employment and economic policies, and the newly introduced concept of a “European semester” that should contribute to mobilising the different instruments in support of the new Strategy and
to aligning it with the Stability and Growth Pact
Future prospects - Has the European Social Model really gone?
No full textThe chapter focuses on three main issues. First we start with an analysis of the supposed death of the European Social Model (ESM). Section two then looks at the actual problem in balancing the ESM with European integration. Section three provides some tempting answers about the need for the EU to further develop its social dimension: while many have interpreted this social dimension as the origin of the European disease, others (including ourselves) stress that it is the most promising step to exit the crisis. We consider this a fundamental element to provide more legitimacy to the European project and to make the European economy grow again. Section four offers some conclusions
Lessons from the UK? When multipillar pension systems meet flexible labour markets
Full text linkThe present paper analyzes the interaction between a flexible labour market and a fragmented multi-pillar pension system, and on the ability of the latter to provide old-age security to atypical working careers. In the following, the reference goes to the case of atypical employment (part-time, fixed-term jobs and, though not strictly atypical, self-employment), and women in particular, who cumulate disadvantages related to lower earnings, atypical contracts, more frequent spells of non-employment, etc.
The Lisbon Strategy a decade on: a critical review of a multi-disciplinary literature
No full textThis article provides a brief review of the literature on the Lisbon strategy. The aim is to shed light on the changing attitudes of experts and academics towards the strategy (both on its launch in 2000 and during its subsequent evolution through the mid-term review of 2004-05). The focus of the article is on three main questions: the political and economic rationale of the strategy, the use of participation to increase EU democratic legitimacy, and the cognitive potential of the strategy through learning dynamics. Three broad tensions seem to require more political and analytical attention. The first tension has to do with the reform of the European social model; the second is related to the ambiguous compromise between the supposed depoliticisation of socio-economic reforms through the Lisbon strategy and the aim of improving participation of stakeholders; and the third tension has to do with the respect of national competences on the one hand, and the improvement of strategy’s efficacy to shape cognitive and normative maps on the other. For all these, the Lisbon project has represented a first, but not definitive, answer
Europe 2020: Is the EU Social Dimension Still Important?
Full text linkIn the words of the European Commission (2010), Europe 2020 is a Strategy to turn the EU into a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy delivering high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion. Yet, the first implementation of the new Strategy has proved this balance is much difficult: the EU has in fact experienced a very tense phase marked by economic stagnation in many member states (after the Great Recession), growing tensions in the eurozone, and the increased dissatisfaction of the European public opinions. The hypothesis we propose here is that Europe 2020 is failing to embed market forces. This seems consistent with a gloomy future for Social Europe
LA STRATEGIE DE LISBONNE APRES UNE DECENNIE: REVUE CRITIQUE D'UNE LITERATURE PLURIDISCIPLINAIRE
No full textCet article fournit une brève revue de la littérature produite jusqu’à présent dans l’UE et au-delà . Il a pour objectif de mettre en évidence le changement d’attitude des experts et du monde académique à l’égard de la stratégie (à la fois à son lancement en 2000 et durant son évolution, en passant par sa révision à mi-parcours en 2004-2005). L’article met l’accent sur trois questions principales : les fondements politiques et économiques de la stratégie, l’utilisation de la participation pour accroître la légitimité démocratique de l’UE et le potentiel cognitif de la stratégie au moyen de dynamiques d’apprentissage
La Strategia di Lisbona come fattore di modernizzazione del modello sociale europeo: valutazioni
No full textIl presente articolo introduce alla prima e incompleta valutazione dell’influenza della Strategia di Lisbona sul Modello sociale europeo. Tale esercizio risulta complesso per alcuni motivi: in primis, per la complessità della Strategia; in secondo luogo per la difficoltà di individuare una definizione chiara del Modello sociale europeo. Sulla base della letteratura esistente e dei principali indicatori proposti dalla stessa Strategia, cerchiamo in ogni caso di proporre alcune riflessioni sul successo (limitato) e i limiti (molteplici) della Strategia
The Open Method of Coordination on Pensions: Does it de-politicise pensions policy?
No full textThe present study shows that three conflict dimensions (institutional, competence-based and ideological) are managed through two strategies: ‘participation control’ tends to structure the access to the process; ‘common knowledge production’ through reasoning and discursive decision-making tends to emphasize the role of experts. The eclectic use of both strategies confirms the hybrid nature of the OMC and the permanent tension between its supposed post-regulatory nature and the progressive specialization and control of information that tend to exclude stakeholders and the large audience the process should mobilize
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