The book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of the impact of 'voluntaristic' and partially 'soft' EU policies across all 15 member states. It explores how these policies affect various aspects of governance and integration, providing insights into the effectiveness and challenges of EU strategies. Through detailed case studies, the research highlights the nuances of policy implementation and the varying responses from different nations, contributing to a deeper understanding of European Union dynamics.
The book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of the impact of 'voluntaristic' and partially 'soft' European Union policies across all 15 member states. It explores how these policies influence member states' governance and decision-making processes, providing insights into the varying effects and adaptations within different national contexts. Through detailed case studies, the research highlights the nuances of EU policy implementation and its implications for cohesion among member states.
The world is facing many great challenges: from pandemics to climate change, and from increasing inequality to the issues surrounding digitalization. In a new and rapidly changing global landscape, Europe must look for solutions to these difficulties to follow up on its impressive decades-long process of integration. Europe has the capacity to chart a progressive course in the world. Our European Future offers solutions to rethink our socioeconomic model in the glare of the environmental and digital transformations; to redefine Europe's role in the world to contribute to renewed multilateralism; to strengthen investment in public goods; and finally, to re-invent our democratic contract. The book brings together the insights of renowned experts from across Europe, and it should prove a handy guide for any progressive thinker, policymaker or activist, and for any citizen who would like to take part in the necessary democratic debate about our future. This book, edited by Maria João Rodrigues with the collaboration of François Balate, is a first contribution from the Foundation for European Progressives Studies to the Conference on the Future of Europe and beyond.
Focusing on the impact of EU legislation following the 2004 accession of ten new member states, the book presents a thorough empirical and theoretical analysis. It includes detailed case studies of three crucial pieces of EU social legislation: the Working Time Directive, the Equal Treatment Directive, and the Employment Equality Directive, examining their implementation and effects in the new member states.
