In Basic Income. A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy, Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght table two arguments that focus explicitly on the European Union. Their first argument concerns strategies to introduce basic income at the national level: VP&V argue that there...

We analyse intergenerational solidarity within multigenerational households (MGHs) and assess how the formation of these households is related to poverty across European countries. Our aim is to assess how this type of household is a coping strategy with respect to financial distress for...

This article concludes a special issue of EuVisions (next to a conclusion by Maurizio Ferrera), in which scholars and policymakers discussed the significance of the European Pillar of Social Rights, its relation to the idea of a European Social Union, and the priority initiatives that should...

The American system of unemployment insurance (UI) is often cited as a model for potential European unemployment re-insurance schemes. While oversimplified comparisons are to be avoided, there are lessons Europe can learn from US federal-state relations regarding UI. We distinguish three aspects...

French Abstract: Par rapport à d’autres questions sociétales, le débat sur les pensions porte sur un sujet techniquement simple mais émotionnellement chargé car les pensions ont tout à voir avec deux questions fort délicates : la sécurité et la liberté. Les pensions doivent apporter...

Dutch Abstract: Hoe ziet de sociale zekerheid van de toekomst eruit? Is ons stelsel bestand tegen de druk van economische, demografische, en sociale verschuivingen, of zullen we het grondig moeten herdenken? Denktank Minerva nodigde ons uit om op die vragen een antwoord te geven. Eerst schets ik...

Subnational governments have become more involved in the ‘regulation of unemployment’ (the design, implementation and financing of unemployment-related benefits and activation), partly because they are thought to be better placed to activate the unemployed than federal governments. However,...

Can the need for incentives justify inequality? Starting from this question, Frank Vandenbroucke examines a conception of justice in which both equality and responsibility are involved. In the first part of the inquiry, which explores the implementation of that conception of justice, the...

No society can ignore inequality in gaining access health care services. The setting up of a generalized safety net against adverse effects of sickness on household, as achieved with the « Maximum yearly health bill» (« Maximum à facturer»), appears to be a key priority. The Belgian...

Should we explain the disappointing outcomes of the Open Method of Co-ordination on Inclusion by methodological weaknesses or by substantive contradictions in the “social investment” paradigm? To clarify the underlying concepts, we first revisit the original “Lisbon inspiration”, and...