Social Rights and the European Monetary Union

Challenges Ahead

Edited by Maribel González Pascual, Advisor to the Minister on Territorial Politics; Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Aida Torres Pérez, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law and ICREA Research Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

This thought-provoking book examines the state of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and its shortcomings in terms of social rights protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the Euro crisis. Providing a critical analysis of the basic tenets of European economic governance, it highlights current challenges for a Social Europe and proposes new avenues for tackling these issues.

‘This valuable book comes at a key time: as the EU and its member states wrestle with the mid to long-term social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contributions engage effectively with the post-financial crisis EMU as a challenge for social rights enjoyment, while clearly locating that challenge in the historic marginalisation of social rights in EU governance. This volume will be of interest to anyone concerned about existing and potential mechanisms of social rights protection in the EU.’
– Aoife Nolan, University of Nottingham, UK