The evocative aphorism that ‘on ne tombe pas amoureux d’un grand marché’ perfectly captures the mood of millions of Europeans in 2016. Jacques Delors was crucially aware of the strategic importance of Europe’s ‘social dimension’ in the process of European economic integration. Social rights, and labour rights in particular, talk to the hearts and minds of working men and women as few other rights do. In defining its European labour law ‘code’, enshrined in a range of labour and equality law directives, the EU has undoubtedly also sought to define its own nature and identity.
Relevant Posts
- Daphne Halikiopoulou, Tim Vlandas, (2016), “Risks, Costs and Labour Markets: Explaining Cross-National Patterns of Far Right Party Success in European Parliament Elections”, Journal of Common Market Studies Volume 54, Issue 3, Μay
- Landesmann, Michael, Leitner, Sandra M., (2015), “Labour Mobility of Migrants and Natives in the European Union: An Empirical Test of the ‘Greasing of the Wheels’ Effect of Migrants”, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Αugust