Data di Pubblicazione:
2019
Citazione:
EU Citizenship Needs a Stronger Social Dimension and Soft Duties / M. Ferrera (IMISCOE RESEARCH SERIES). - In: Debating European Citizenship / [a cura di] R. Baubock. - [s.l] : Springer International Publishing, 2019. - ISBN 9783319899046. - pp. 181-198 [10.1007/978-3-319-89905-3_34]
Abstract:
This contribution argues for strengthening EU citizenship in order to make it not only attractive for mobile Europeans but also for ‘stayers’ who feel left behind in processes of globalisation and European integration. EU citizenship is primarily ‘isopolitical’ and regulatory; it confers horizontal rights to people to enter the citizenship spaces of other member states and it imposes duties of non-discrimination on these states without providing for redistribution in response to perceived or real burdens resulting from free movement. I suggest several reforms that aim broadly at empowering the stayers. Among my proposals are an ‘EU social card’, universal transferrable vouchers for accessing social rights in other member states that stayers can pass on to their children who want to move, and a European wide social insurance scheme that would supplement those of the member states. I also suggest to strengthen EU citizenship with some soft duties, such as earmarking a small percentage of personal income tax for EU social policies or raising funds for such policies through fees on an EU social card or EU passports.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
Citizenship Space; Court Of Justice Of The European Union (CJEU); Free Movement Rights; Social Security Coordination; Strong Social Dimension
Elenco autori:
M. Ferrera
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Titolo del libro:
Debating European Citizenship