This paper examines institutional change in father‐specific leave‐a centre‐piece of the EU's
work‐life balance directive (WLBD)‐from the perspective of gradual institutional change. The …

2 Transfer 00 (0) the economic and financial crisis–they were critical and rather pessimistic
concerning the development of Social Europe. More recent issues and articles of Transfer …

Abstract The Green Deal, the European Commission's current economic and environmental
flagship initiative, demands policy change in many fields. One of them is the Common …

The Covid-19 pandemic led to an important reconfiguration of economic governance in the
European Union towards deeper economic integration. This fits uneasily with predictions of …

The European Social Dialogue (ESD) has served as the platform for European social
partners to negotiate parental leave policies at the European Union (EU) level since 1995 …

The concept of policy entrepreneurs has gained increasing attention in studies of policy
change, including climate policy and governance. It foregrounds the role of agency in …

ABSTRACT The European Parliament (EP) has historically positioned itself as an advocate
of social Europe. Although the EP has been repositioned from an agenda-setter to a co …

In recent years, the debate over the need to address ecological and social concerns has
grown substantially. Phenomena such as the Gilets Jaunes in France or the ecological …

EU leaders have agreed to reduce the number of people who are at risk of poverty or social
exclusion by 15 million (including at least five million children) by 2030. This article explores …

This article looks at the evolution of industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe after
the so-called 'eastern enlargement'between 2004 and 2013. The main claim is that 20 years …