A European Social Union after the Crisis

Frank Vandenbroucke studied economics in Leuven and Cambridge (UK), and received his D.Phil. in Oxford. He was a member of the Belgian and Flemish parliament, and Minister of social affairs, employment, pensions, and education. Catherine Barnard is Professor in European Union Law and Employment Law at the University of Cambridge, and senior tutor and fellow of Trinity College. She specialises in EU law and employment law. Geert De Baere is Legal Secretary at the Court of Justice of the EU and Associate Professor of EU Law and International Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. His research interests include EU constitutional law and theory, particularly regarding EU external action, and (the theory of) international law.

• Part I. Solidarity and Legitimacy: 1. The idea of a European Social Union: a normative introduction Frank Vandenbroucke; 2. The European Social Union: a missing but necessary 'political good' Maurizio Ferrera; 3. The solidarity argument for the European Union Helder De Schutter; 4. Social justice in an ever more diverse Union Christian Joerges; 5. The democratic legitimacy of EU institutions and support for social policy in Europe Marc Hooghe and Soetkin Verhaegen; Part II. Topics in European Governance: 6. The impact of Eurozone governance on welfare state stability László Andor; 7. Booms and busts and the governance of the Eurozone Paul De Grauwe and Yuemei Ji; 8. What follows austerity? From Social Pillar to New Deal Simon Deakin; 9. Social dialogue: why it matters? European employers' perspective Philippe De Buck and Maxime Cerutti; 10. The European social dialogue: what is the role of employers and what are the hopes for the future? Philippe Pochet and Christophe Degryse; 11. The European Semester Process: adaptability and latitude in support of the European Social Model Sonja Bekker; 12. Balancing economic objectives and social considerations in the new EU Investment Agreements: commitments versus realities Rumiana Yotova; Part III. Legal and Institutional Challenges: 13. How can the Viking/Laval conundrum be resolved? Balancing the economic and the social: one bed for two dreams? Sjoerd Feenstra; 14. The basis in EU constitutional law for further social integration Geert De Baere and Kathleen Gutman; 15. EU social competences and Member State constitutional controls: a comparative perspective of national approaches Gerhard Van Der Schyff; 16. Social rights, the Charter and the ECHR: caveats, austerity and other disasters Alexander Kornezov; 17. The European Court of Justice as the guardian of the rule of EU social law Koen Lenaerts and José A. Gutierréz-Fons; Part IV. Politics: 18. The European Social Union and EU legislative politics Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen; 19. (B)Remains of the day: Brexit and EU social policy Catherine Barnard.