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A Manifesto for Social Europe
Author(s) -
Bercusson Brian,
Deakin Simon,
Koistinen Pertti,
Kravaritou Yota,
Muckeberger Ulrich,
Supiot Alain,
Veneziani Bruno
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
european law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1468-0386
pISSN - 1351-5993
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0386.00026
Subject(s) - social philosophy , european union , manifesto , political science , legitimacy , constitution , social rights , social policy , sociology , social solidarity , political economy , politics , social change , law , social science , economics , economic policy
The European Union is still far from having social legitimacy. The issue is indicative of a huge uncertainty about Social Europe. What is it? What are the principles of social justice behind it? In our view, a new social constitution of the European Union is needed. Political democratisation must be accompanied by the foundation of a social Europe. We argue that were the IGC to combine the Charter of The Fundamental Social Rights of Workers with the Maastricht Protocol on Social Policy, inserting both into the TEU, it would lay the legal foundations for a dynamic European social constitution; a Social Europe dedicated to the combating of social exclusion and the maintenance of solidarity.