Social developments in the European Union 2006

The European Union has gone through a crucial period marked by growing anti-EU sentiments and the difficult implementation of its largely... Find out more

The year 2012 has seen new developments in the EU’s economic crisis and renewed attempts to address its main causes. The European... Find out more

2011 was a year marked by some key progress in European integration: new moves towards Treaty revision, new rules for economic and budgetary... Find out more

2010 was a critical year for the European Union (EU) in at least three major respects. First of all, many EU countries started showing signs... Find out more

2009 began amidst one of the worst economic crises experienced in Europe for 80 years. The credit crunch of autumn 2008 sent the real... Find out more

The urgent problem of global warming was compounded, in 2008, by a proliferation of crises – food, financial, economic, social, etc –... Find out more

The year 2007 was dominated by two major factors in the international arena: a heightened awareness of climate change and its social... Find out more

In complete contrast, 2005 was a year of setbacks and reappraisals. Everything appeared to be under control at the start of the year, when... Find out more

A few hundred giant multinational firms control major shares of the international economy. The decisions taken by central management of... Find out more

Will 2003 go down in the annals of European construction as a wasted year? This may appear to be a provocative question, but it is one worth... Find out more

Publication date : 2003 The year 2002 saw a profusion of political debate about Europe. As far as "social Europe" is concerned, the... Find out more

Publication date : 2002 2001 was a year of major contrasts - political, economic and social. The year began with a certain degree of... Find out more

Publication date: 2001 For this second edition of Social developments in the European Union, we have singled out four social policy themes... Find out more

Two major events of 2004 will go down in the European history books: enlargement to take in the central and eastern European countries as... Find out more

Publication date: 2000 European social policy seems to be at a new turning point. The smooth switch to the euro coincided with an almost... Find out more