Introduction -- Part I -- Pay-as-you-go Versus Funded Pension Plans: Which Way to Better Address Common Challenges in the EU? -- Old-Age Pension Systems: Characterization and Comparability -- What’s New in the Debate About Pay-as-you-go Versus Funded Pensions? -- The Role of the Government in...

This edited volume takes a closer look at various European pension-plan models and the recent challenges, trends and predictions related to the design of such schemes. The contributors analyse new ideas, both from national governments and European institutions, and consider current debates on...

This Working Paper analyses the development of the interpretation that the European Commission has given to the TFEU provision concerning mechanisms for extensions of collective agreements. The paper examines how the Commission has reinterpreted these provision and the challenges this poses for...