1. Bart Vanhercke, European Social Observatory
Conference
‘Integrating the European Pillar of Social Rights into the roadmap for deepening Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union’
Brussels, EESC, 4 July 2019
Introduction
Bart Vanhercke, European Social Observatory

2. A longstanding collaboration between EESC and OSE
Integrating the Pillar into the roadmap for deepening EMU, 2019
Implementing the Pillar: what is needed to guarantee a positive social impact, 2018
Towards a European minimum income, 2013
Annual presentation of the OSE/ETUI “Social Policy in the EU” book at the EESC

3. Background of the study
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Background of the study
The financial crisis put the structural asymmetry between social and economic dimension in the E(M)U in the spotlight
The heat of the crisis ( ): fiscal consolidation (“austerity”) as a priority
Second part of the crisis ( ): slowly raising awareness of the importance of the E(M)U social dimension
The European Pillar of Social Rights: a window of opportunity for “Social Europe”

4. Goals of the study
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Analyzing a number of proposals aimed at integrating the European Pillar of Social Rights into the E(M)U
Providing policy-makers and stakeholders with concrete recommendations
Focus on three initiatives:
Socialisation of the EU budget
European unemployment benefit scheme
Social Imbalance Procedure
Today : “key messages” and especially feedback from you!

5. European Social Observatory
8/08/2019
European Social Observatory
Authors:
Sebastiano Sabato, Francesco Corti,
Bart Vanhercke and Slavina Spasova
Free download of the report from the EESC website

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