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Excellent coverage on the death of social Europe
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Thursday December 07, 2006 16:56 by aunty bertie
Congratulations to Lara Marlowe on drawing attention to this important debate in France on the future (rightward) direction of the EU. Lara Marlowe has drawn attention in her article in todays Irish Times to the debate raging in France since their no vote in the last EU referendum on the death of social Europe and the general democratic deficit in the EU. Among the people involved in this important development is professor Pierre Rosanvallon author of counter -democracy. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2Thanks for this. I missed her article yesterday. Yes Lara is one of the brighter journos around. She often covers social Europe and welfare state type debates in France which get little or no coverage from the rightwing media or even the 'left' in Ireland.
Raj Chari & Sylvia Kritzinger argue in 'Understanding EU Policy Making' that it was Delor's Commission (whom they refer to as 'an entrepreneurial euro commission), following the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on the Cassis de Dijon case, who saw an integrated single market where capital could stregthen the european economy thus making it more competitive globally.
The Cassis case was a landmark judgment by ECJ as it determined that goods produced in an EU state must be allowed be sold in another. In this instance it was the French liquer Cassis to be sold in Germany.
This book is a really interesting read for those interested in the future of Europe but wishing to look at the debate in a historical context. The intro chapter concludes with the statement 'all policies in Europe are equal, but that some policies are more equal than others'. They argue what ultimately determines priority policy in Europe, economic above social; is not due to the commission, parliament, or council of ministers, it is the Dominant Economic Class (DEC) or Capital Actors who manipulate policy making through lobbying with the objective of making Europe more competitive and turn profitable for the DEC elite.