Three ideas for a stronger Social Europe in a post- Covid 19 recovery
This Policy Study was written in the framework of the FEPS YAN (Cycle 7) by the Working Group on Social Europe (members: Emre Gömec, Jakub Švec, João Mourato Pinto, Lora Lyubenova).
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Abstract
Through its eclectic 20 principles, the European Pillar of Social Rights is an opportunity to break silos and look at social development as the network of challenges that it truly is.
Departing from the rather long history of European social rights, the implementation of the EPSR must follow a holistic approach, identifying synergies with discussions it already hints at in its 20 principles.
In order to contribute to the identification of such synergies, this paper attempts to shed light on three transversal issues that national governments and the European Commission must bear in mind when implementing the EPSR: civil rights; labour relations; and gender equality. The analysis departs from the setting of the current model of welfare state in post-World War II Europe and it ends with the Porto Summit 2021, reflecting on the documents approved and what they can mean for a post-COVID-19 Social Europe.