Abstract
In this article is elaborated the actually question which is developed and discussed it the European Union is the European Social Model (ESM). It is a vision of society that combines sustainable economic growth with ever-improving living and working conditions. This implies full employment good quality jobs, equal opportunities, social protection for all, social inclusion, and involving citizens in the decisions that affect them. As the Euro-zone is struggling to move away from a dramatic slump in its economy and while the Lisbon Strategy and its potential for economic growth, strongly needs reactivation, the debates over the Europe have raised again the issue of a sustainable social agenda for the European Union. Recently, Europe's political leaders defined the ESM, specifying that it "is based on good economic performance, a high level of social protection and education and social dialogue". An important topic of the discussion nowadays is the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market so called "Bolkestein directive". The importance of this article is to give us the answer to the following question: would we have French goods available in French supermarkets all over Poland and no Polish services allowed in France? The EU would be unthinkable without the full implementation of the four freedoms. This is a good directive, going in the good direction.
Highlights
Europe’s political leaders recently defined the European social model, specifying that it “is based on good economic performance, a high level of social protection and education and social dialogue”7. This definition authenticated a process which initially peaked in the Lisbon strategy8, launched in March 2000, when the European Union (EU)’s Heads of State and Government defined Europe’s strategic goal “to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion”9
Would we have French goods available in French supermarkets all over Poland and no Polish services allowed in France? The EU would be unthinkable without the full implementation of the four freedoms
The Bolkestein directive would mean that a firm registered in an EU member state could operate in another member state and yet follow the laws of the country in which it was registered, leading to competition between workers from different parts of Europe
Summary
This definition authenticated a process which initially peaked in the Lisbon strategy8, launched in March 2000, when the EU’s Heads of State and Government defined Europe’s strategic goal “to become (by 2010) the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion”9. Companies which are registered in any EU member state may provide services in any other, and can employee workers to perform such services abroad remaining subject to the law of the country in which they are registered.
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