Lieu : European University Institute, Florence
Date : 25-26 mai 2023
Date limite pour envoyer une proposition : 15 mars 2023
The interrelation between ‘Social Europe’ and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is a longstanding issue of debate. The impact of austerity policies adopted in response to the crisis of the Eurozone in the 2010s on welfare systems, wages, employment levels and public services indicate that monetary union and social policies may be antithetical (Crespy and Menz 2015). Conversely, trade unions in the run-up to the Maastricht Treaty perceived the making of EMU as an opportunity (Ramirez Perez 2021). Whether contradictory or complementary, an imbalance exists in the making of ‘Social Europe’ and monetary union prior to Maastricht, with the latter being more advanced than the former.
The aim of this conference is to explore the interrelation between Social Europe and monetary union. We understand ‘Social Europe’ in broad terms as all policies and initiatives focusing on the social dimension of European integration including but not limited to tripartite relations, social legislation, social benefits, economic democracy, democracy in the workplace, workers’ representation, protection of and support for particularly vulnerable societal groups, and socio-politically induced financial transfers across member states.
There are lively debates in the political science literature about the (in)adequacy of EU social policies (Crespy 2019, Dévoluy and Koenig 2011) and the effect of European economic governance over social welfare. Similarly, the historiography of ‘Social Europe’ is a very dynamic field (Coppolaro and Mechi 2020; Roos 2021; Mechi, Petrini, and Del Biondo 2010; Andry 2022). What this conference intends to focus on is the specific relation of Social Europe with EMU. To what extent was Social Europe part of the EMU project? What role did EMU play in different Community-level actors’ pursuit of advancing Social Europe? Would a more advanced Social Europe allow for a more functional EMU, and vice-versa?
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sbounoua (7 mars 2023). Appel à communication – Social Europe and European Economic and Monetary Union: contradiction in termes or missed opportunities? 1957-1992. AJCH. Consulté le 7 février 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/ax93