INNOVATIONS AND CHANGES BROUGHT BY THE LISBON TREATY: THE SOCIAL ASPECT
Autor: | Abdulla Azizi |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Zdroj: | Volume: 3, Issue: 2 1-8 International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies, Vol 3, Iss 2 (2011) |
ISSN: | 1309-8063 |
Popis: | The Lisbon Treaty is an attempt to overcome the difficulties faced in thefunctioning of previous treaties of the European Union. It aims, through itsprovisions, at offering better opportunities for action including the social scope,but the inter-governmental nature of decision-making continues to prevail.This paper focuses on provisions for social policyin the Lisbon Treaty andimportant changes that deal with reforms in this field. More concretely, theobjective of this paper is to emphasize the most important social aspects of theTreaty in question.Social policy has been qualified as a common competence of the EU and memberstates (article 4b). The EU has to undertake measures to assure the coordination ofemployment policies of member states and to initiate the coordination of socialpolicies of member states.This paper analyzes the provisions that deal with employment, social dialog,consultations between employees and employers, child protection, as well as othersegments of social policy. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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