The paper addresses the role of social partners in the European integration process. It gives an overview of the social dialogue structures and experiences in the European Union (EU) and evaluates the achievements and experiences in developing social dialogue in the former and present candidate...

The Court of Justice of EU has established very early in its history direct vertical effect of Treaty provisions on free movement of goods. However, direct horizontal effect of the same rules has never been recognized. This paper furthers a following thesis: hypothetical future recognition of...