EU social dialogue revitalisation: Between rhetoric, new rights, political commitments and historical caution

IF 1.1 Q2 LAW
Silvia Rainone
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The Council Recommendation on strengthening social dialogue is a positive recognition of the key role of social dialogue in the EU's social market economy. At the same time, episodes of institutional disfavour of the social partners’ co-determination role and resistance to robust sectoral collective bargaining warrant a cautious assessment. This article looks at the current state of EU social dialogue, examining its primary dimensions: the involvement of social partners in policymaking and the scope of collective bargaining. It assesses the Council Recommendation, along with other measures adopted during the Von der Leyen presidency, to ascertain their collective contribution in realigning EU social dialogue with the principles of the EU Treaties. Overall, the analysis reveals a nuanced picture, with both positive and challenging aspects. While collective bargaining has been given a new (albeit partial) boost, the same cannot be said for the social partners’ participation in EU policymaking. Notably, the Council Recommendation reaffirmed the Court of Justice's decision in the EPSU case, solidifying the Commission's discretionary authority to decide on the legislative implementation of framework agreements, to the detriment of the social partners’ regulatory agency. Finally, the article proposes a blueprint for further advancing the EU's aspiration for social dialogue, seeking to reconciling it with the social objectives that, constitutionally, the Union aspires to achieve.
欧盟社会对话的振兴:在言辞、新权利、政治承诺和历史谨慎之间
理事会关于加强社会对话的建议是对社会对话在欧盟社会市场经济中的关键作用的积极认可。与此同时,一些机构对社会伙伴的共同决定作用的不赞成,以及对强有力的部门集体谈判的抵制,也值得我们谨慎评估。本文探讨了欧盟社会对话的现状,研究了其主要方面:社会伙伴参与决策和集体谈判的范围。文章评估了理事会建议书以及冯德莱恩担任主席国期间采取的其他措施,以确定它们在使欧盟社会对话与欧盟条约原则保持一致方面的集体贡献。总体而言,分析揭示了一幅微妙的图景,既有积极的一面,也有具有挑战性的一面。虽然集体谈判得到了新的(尽管是部分的)推动,但社会伙伴参与欧盟决策的情况却并非如此。值得注意的是,理事会建议重申了法院在 EPSU 案件中的裁决,巩固了欧盟委员会决定框架协议立法实施的自由裁量权,损害了社会合作伙伴的监管机构。最后,文章提出了进一步推进欧盟社会对话愿望的蓝图,力图使其与宪法规定的欧盟希望实现的社会目标相协调。
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