Abstract
European Union social policy is a popular subject of research in the academic circles and is an important topic for its every member state and its citizens. The formation of a common social policy in the EU has an interesting history and related issues, thus this article is an attempt to find out why certain difficulties are encountered in the integration of social affairs, and to offer certain l suggestions for their l improvement. The aim of this study is to reveal the problems encountered in the formation of common EU social policy in the context of its development. The article presents some analysis of the history of the development of the European Community to determine the position of the goal to have a common social policy in the integration processes and the attention is given to the examination of the variety of social policy models in the EU member states as one of the problems of the integration of social policy. Furthermore, using an analysis of the academic literature, this article evaluates the main social policy management-coordination measure – the Open Method of Coordination, and presents the arguments highlighting its inefficiency , comments on its structure and organisation, and suggests the ways of improving this method.p>
Highlights
Rapid economic development has necessi tated the appearance of social policy in the developed countries of the world
After the Lisbon Strategy (2000), which aimed at turning the European Union (EU) into “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“, the European Commission chose the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) for the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy aims, and moving towards the formation of a common EU social model
The formation process of a common EU social policy is as important for every EU member state, as for every citizen of an EU state
Summary
Rapid economic development has necessi tated the appearance of social policy in the developed countries of the world. Integration and globalisation processes of the European Union (EU)could not avoid social affairs – from the middle of the 20th century the EU was known worldwide for its welfare states, otherwise acclaimed as having a unique social policy model. Prior to 1970s social welfare systems in the EU served as an example for the rest of the world – they functioned relatively smoothly and a large majority of the aims were achieved They were soon forced to face great challenges, such as EU expansion and integration, growing competition among member states for investments, and globalisation processes that had a negative impact on the states‘ social security systems. It would be worthwhile to analyse why in general the coordination of social policy is necessary and important in the EU member states
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