This contribution analyses how EU social objectives and policy co-ordination have been
integrated into the Union's post-crisis governance architecture. It argues that between 2011 …

The 'European Semester', a new framework for policy co-ordination across European Union
(EU) member states, represents a major step in EU governance. Created in 2010 in the …

The European Semester (Semester) was implemented a decade ago. Ample research has
addressed the Semester's development, including some major changes in processes and …

This article conceptualises and illustrates hardening and softening trends in country-specific
recommendations (CSRs) that are part of the European Semester. It proposes an analytical …

This article discusses the impact that the reforms of the European Union's economic
governance since 2011 have had on the European Commission's role as a policy …

This article explores the role of a hitherto under‐researched set of actors–European social
partners–in shaping the EU's gender equality policies and the conditions in which these …

There is now a significant literature engaging with questions around gender and economic
governance in the European Union. This builds upon research that demonstrates the …

Providing a comprehensive and authoritative analyses of the impact of the Eurozone crisis
on the European social dimension since 2010-understood as the European Union's (EU) …

This article provides new perspectives on the persistent hierarchy between 'social'and
'economic'goals in European Union's (EU) economic governance. We operationalize …

Despite the European Parliament's (EP) growing role, its influence and scrutiny capacity
remain considerably weaker than the role traditionally reserved for parliaments in economic …