The end of the welfare state?

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<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/dossier.asp?id=157>The end of the welfare state?
With the Constitution in the pipeline and the Lisbon Strategy and the
Stability and Growth Pact under scrutiny, the economy is at the forefront
of the debate on Europe. Will neo-liberalism win out over the welfare state?

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3422> Desperately seeking
cooperation
The Lisbon Agenda and the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact are under
scrutiny. The countries of the EU have been called to collaborate more
closely on all fronts: economic, budgetary and, above all, social
		 Sergio Nava - Milano

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3419> Old Europe looks
down on welfare
Brussels pushes for cuts in spending on social policies and new Europe is
doing as it's told. But this strategy is not helping Europe's work force
		 Fabio De Franceschi - Barcelona

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3408> "Europe's economy
needs no governing"
In an interview with cafÈ babel, the economic scientist Katinka Barysch
suggests that the current system of economic competition between member
states is a good thing
		 Nils aus dem Moore - Berlin

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3406> "Sacrifices have
been made but rewards are yet to be seen"
Economic liberalism has reinforced social inequalities and the
Constitutional Treaty will further accelerate this process, says the
sociologist Reinhard Blomert in an interview with cafÈ babel
		 Nils aus dem Moore - Berlin

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3405> A Liberal wolf in
sheep's clothing
The new course to be chartered by the EU following the formulation of the
Lisbon Strategy has been changed by Barroso, President of the European
Commission, who wishes to recast the European model of social security
		 Sven Prange - D¸sseldorf

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3420> Full employment is a
good deal for politicians
All political parties, and even the EU, have promised full employment
across Europe over the next decade. Yet nobody seems to be questioning how
they will manage to achieve it
		 Fernando Navarro - Sevilla

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=3409> Economy : evolution
rather than revolution
More coordination between members of the Eurozone under the vigilant eye of
the Commission. This is the guiding principal of European economic policy
under the Constitution
		 Albert Padros/Coralie Prin - Paris



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