The EU & Fundamental Rights: The Case of Social Rights

University D’Europe

Institute for European Studies

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THE EU & FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: THE CASE OF SOCIAL RIGHTS

By Giulia Bonacquisti

Master Complémentaire en Analyse Interdisciplinaire de la Construction Européenne

Politiques Sociales de l’Union Européenne et Dimension Internationale

Mme Janine Goetschy

2014/2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. A PROBLEMATIZATION OF SOCIAL RIGHTS: SOCIAL RIGHTS AS “SUBORDINATE” RIGHTS?

2. THE RECOGNITION OF SOCIAL RIGHTS IN THE EU LEGAL ORDER: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

2.1. Outside the European Union: the Council of Europe and the European Social Charter

2.2. The EU level: a gradual recognition of social rights

2.3 A EU catalogue of fundamental rights: the Nice Charter

3. THE IMPACT OF THE EU CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ON THE STATUS OF SOCIAL RIGHTS

CONCLUSIONS

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