Labour market | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Sun, 08 Apr 2018 00:06:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Labour market | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 Brexit and EU Social Policy: Uncertainty for the UK, Opportunities for the EU https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/brexit-and-eu-social-policy-uncertainty-for-the-uk-opportunities-for-the-eu/ Mon, 18 Dec 2017 08:00:07 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=5647 Pieter Pecinovsky LERU Brexit Seminar The relationship between the EU and the UK has always been characterised by a troublesome dialogue of ambivalence. This is particularly the case concerning the European Union’s social policy. When the ambitious Delors Commission wanted to introduce a chapter on social policy into the EU treaties with the Treaty of …

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]]> The Deal on EU Immigration and Welfare is Symbolic – But Brexit Won’t Solve the ‘Problem’ of EU Immigration Either https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/the-deal-on-eu-immigration-and-welfare-is-symbolic-but-brexit-wont-solve-the-problem-of-eu-immigration-either/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:00:53 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=2938 Christina Boswell The free movement provisions of the UK’s EU renegotiation are unlikely to reduce EU migration to the UK because they do not focus on the factors which drive EU workers to come in the first place, writes Christina Boswell. She argues that, instead of in-work benefits, the real debate on immigration should focus …

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