The Emerging European Social Model – an advantage in the face of the crisis

At a time when the euro zone crisis is leading to obvious social consequences, the Robert Schuman Foundation is publishing this text which, using the diversity of national social models as a base, looks into the emergence of a European social model. This question is addressed from a comparative and global point of view. Beyond the three traditional social models - continental, Anglo-Saxon, Nordic - a common European social model is now emerging. The employment pact, a common framework for social dialogue and a set of standards shared by European businesses all bear witness to this. This European social model should be turned to Europe's advantage as quickly as possible given the present crisis.

Wikipedia: 28.5.13: European social model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_social_model

ESO: Background Information: Why We Need An Ambitious Social Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/why-we-need-an-ambitious-social-europe/

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