Excellent coverage on the death of social Europe

international | eu | other press Thursday December 07, 2006 16:56 by aunty bertie

Congratulations to Lara Marlowe on drawing attention to this important debate in France on the future (rightward) direction of the EU.

Lara Marlowe has drawn attention in her article in todays Irish Times to the debate raging in France since their no vote in the last EU referendum on the death of social Europe and the general democratic deficit in the EU. Among the people involved in this important development is professor Pierre Rosanvallon author of counter -democracy.

She points out that social europe died with the end of the Delors era and with it any real advances in areas such as Social protection, redistribution of wealth and regulation. She points out that eastern european enlargement was sold by using the guilt arguament and that the new member states have little alternative but to resort to measures such as social dumping etc. It is well time we held such a debate in this country.