Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The principle of systemic integration for consistent interpretation of social rights. – II.1. Questioning the application of art. 31(3)(c) of VCLT to ESC and CFREU. – II.2. Seeking a consistent interpretation of the right to social security. – III. The theory of the “integrated approach” strengthening social...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Equal pay standards under the European Social Charter. – II.1. Obligations deriving from the protection of equal pay under the European Social Charter. – II.2. What place for EU law? – III. The European Commission’s proposal on binding measures regarding pay transparency. – III.1. What role for ESC standards...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The Charter’s perspective on the right to protection in cases of termination of employment. – II.1. The scope and significance of art. 24 RevESC. – II.2. The interpretive approach of the European Committee of Social Rights. – III. The impact of the Charter on Italian and French courts’ dismissal decisions...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Arts 8-13 TFEU and other similar clauses of EU primary law. – III. The legal value of the horizontal clauses of arts 8-13 TFEU. – III.1. Horizontal clauses and legal obligations. – III.2. Horizontal clauses and the exercise of Union competences in the areas concerned. – III.3. Horizontal clauses and the...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Different levels of social mainstreaming and EU law. – II.1. The relationship between the economic and social at EU level. – II.2. Art. 9 TFEU. – III. A story of hope (I): Art. 9 TFEU, EU competition law, and the Four Freedoms. – III.1. The “social exemption” for collective bargaining. – III.2. Social...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The development of European consumer protection policy. – III. The limits of art. 12 TFEU. – IV. Coordination between consumer and environmental policy: a new avenue to activate art. 12 TFEU? – IV.1. The 2020 Consumer agenda. – V. Conclusion.
Abstract: The...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Individual horizontal clauses as an empty vessel. – II.1. Equality concerns incorporated in EU law-making before the horizontal clauses. – II.2. No autonomous function for horizontal equality clauses. – III. The contribution of horizontal clauses to the crossing. – III.1. An aid in the case-law of the ECJ...
Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. CSDP: Between a common and differentiated policy. – II.1. CSDP as a common policy of the EU. – II.2. Differentiated integration in CFSDP. – III. PESCO’s microcosm of differentiated integration. – III.1. The awakening of the “Sleeping Beauty”. – III.2. Participation in PESCO. – III.3. PESCO projects. – IV....
Abstract: This Article provides insights into the question of whether there is a tension between commonness and differentiation in EU policies, in particular post-Brexit. Brexit triggered new discussions on so-called differentiated integration (DI) in the European Union. Not only was Brexit perceived as a potential tool to...
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