Unequal Europe

In the past year, Friends of Europe brought together a High-Level Group on Social Union under the chairmanship of Prof. Frank Vandenbroucke. Thirty or so senior experts from a range of professional backgrounds and political affiliations discussed the social challenges that confront the European Union’s, as well as the EU’s social policy options once a new Commission and Parliament are in place.

At the moment where the NEUJOBS (FP7) research project has delivered its final output and the High Level Group is finalizing its own report, researchers, senior policymakers and EU as well as domestic stakeholders will exchange views during an expert workshop that will focus particularly on defining the EU social policy agenda for the coming five years. The discussion will provide feedback on the High Level Group’s Background Report (Vandenbroucke with Vanhercke, 2014), which will provide the main topics to be examined.