Towards European Welfare?
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Description
The story of the European Union has been one of steadily expanding powers, of an incremental extension of policy capacity across many aspects of economic, political, and social life. And yet there are areas in which the states retain primary competence and the EU's influence is indirect or relatively minor. The regulation of social welfare is often described as one of this kind, in which responsibility for the regulation and delivery of welfare lies largely with each state. This chapter argues that even though the EC for many years has had legal power to regulate aspects of employment, the remit of the EU's social policy remains closely tied to labour-market participation, leaving the broader field of welfare provision and regulation essentially to the states.
Source Publication
EU Law and the Welfare State: In Search of Solidarity
Source Editors/Authors
Gráinne de Búrca
Publication Date
2005
Recommended Citation
de Búrca, Gráinne, "Towards European Welfare?" (2005). Faculty Chapters. 325.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/325
