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Social Law and Policy in an Evolving European Union by Jo Shaw

By Jo Shaw

Social legislation and coverage were relocating more and more into the mainstream of the eu Union. lately there were very important adjustments to the Treaty framework for enacting social coverage, bringing the position of the social companions to the fore. New Treaty provisions for adopting discrimination laws have highlighted the capability function of the european in struggling with facets of social exclusion, and in tough demanding phenomena comparable to racism and xenophobia. Social coverage is more and more associated with the rising suggestion of Union citizenship. the coming of the one forex in 1999 is now matched by way of a extra pro-active EU-level coverage on employment and the hard work industry. The analyses during this assortment tackle those and different questions opposed to the backdrop of the longstanding controversies over the character and scope of ecu social coverage, together with the UK's opt-out from convinced provisions among 1993 and 1997, and the continuing debate approximately even if ecu social coverage has, or must have, a social or an fiscal reason.

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39 (1956) 74 International Labour Review 99 at 102. 40 Davies, above n. 5, at 321. 41 Deakin, above n. 36, at 92. 42 “Political and Economic Planning”, (1956) Planning, no. 405 at 233–4. 43 See J Eatwell, “The Euro? It Can Save the World”, The Observer, 22 August 1999: “Even the most casual student of the foreign exchanges should realise that, these days, the sterling exchange rate has little to do with UK competitiveness or the trade balance. Exchange rates are determined in speculative markets for financial assets”.

55 Streeck, above n. 7, at 55. 56 COM(98) 612, Preamble at 10. 53 The Integrationist Rationale for EU Social Policy 29 investors. Wolfgang Streeck argues for “European-wide harmonisation of social obligations at a high level”;57 but this fails to take into account the differences between the optimal levels of social policy in the various Member States. 58 Minimum-standard setting, of the sort required in order to eliminate distortions of competition where standards are unacceptably low, is an insufficient policy response.

Joseph Weiler has argued in favour of a test based on the prevention of market access. 22 There have been few cases which have analysed whether national labour law rules amount to barriers to free movement. 23 This holding appears to make it clear that, notwithstanding the free movement provisions of the EC Treaty, a host Member State is entitled to impose its own legislation on enterprises from other Member States who are operating in 18 In Case C–379/92 Peralta [1994] ECR I–3453 at para. 24, and Cases C–140–142/94 Commune di Bassano [1995] ECR I–3257 at para.

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