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.

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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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