This paper argues that increased factor mobility incurs the risk of dismantling the welfare state, even though this state may have useful allocative functions. It will be difficult to finance the welfare state with taxes on capital and it may even be necessary to subsidize this factor in the...

This paper analyses the potential effects of the open method of co-ordination on pension reforms in the European Union from an economic point of view. The main results are: (1) For the first time, the Commission formally participates in the input of pension policy-formation of the member states,...

The outbreak and, above all, the continuing economic crisis and recession stress the difficult emergence of social rights both within and outside national borders. Welfare policies have undergone profound changes, inextricably linked to the economic crisis. Even as the legal protection of social...

The European Union is not only an economic project, but also a social and cultural project. Until recently, in sports, only the economic aspect was recognized. However, since December 2009 when the Lisbon Treaty entered into force, an educational and cultural aspect of sports and its specificity...

This paper analyzes the EU’s efforts in designing a social taxonomy for sustainable investments. Examining the draft Social Taxonomy proposed by the Platform for Sustainable Finance in early 2022, we challenge the decision to follow the methodology provided by the EU’s environmental taxonomy...