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RECWOWE Seminar « Understanding the Europeanisation of Domestic Welfare States » Brussels, 2 July 2010 Pierre ‐ Paul Van Gehuchten ETOS.be

General introduction Where did we start ? ? Where did we start How did we build a How did we build a heuristic coherence heuristic coherence ? ? What did we discover What did we discover ? ?

1. Where did we start ? ? 1. Where did we start To which extent does the use by the European Union of different instruments of public intervention in social matters (classical European law, European collective agreements resulting from the social dialogue, open method of coordination, financial instrument (in particular the European social fund) – instruments which partly differ from the ones used at national level – produce a different impact, in terms of effect and orientation, on Belgian social policy ?

2. How did we build a heuristic coherence ? 2. How did we build a heuristic coherence ?

EU POLITY Step 6 LAW SOC. OMC ESF DOMESTIC CHANGES OECD DIAL. LEGISLATION NEW FIT/ MISFIT (POLICY/ INSTITUTIONNAL) Step 7 PATHWAY GOVERNMENTALI Step 4 ST PATHWAY POLITICS/ POLICIES/ POLITY Step 5 Step 8 ENABLING/ CONST ENABLING/ CONST RAINING RAINING FACTORS FACTORS LEGISLATION NEW GOVERN- Step 3 Step 3 PATHWAY MENTALIST Step 9 PATHWAY Step 10 INSTITUTIONS/ IDEAS/ INTERESTS ENABLING/ CONST ENABLING/ CONST Step 2 RAINING RAINING FACTORS FACTORS Step 11 Step 11 FIT/ MISFIT (POLICY/ INSTITUTIONNAL) Step 1 DOMESTIC POLITY 1 DOMESTIC CHANGES DOMESTIC POLITY 2 Step 12

EU Legislation Financial / OMC Instruments Social dialogue UCL KUL KUL Employment (KUL) (FUSL) Policy and working AIAS AIAS AIAS conditions OSE OSE OSE Soc. Protection (UCL) (FUSL) Pensions CEVIPOF CEVIPOF CEVIPOF Inclusion UCL FUSL FUSL (FUSL) (UCL) (UCL) Gender Equality AIAS AIAS AIAS

3. What did we discover ? 3. What did we discover ?

(…) the fourth recital in the preamble to the directive refers to the Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers adopted at the meeting of the European Council held at Strasbourg on 9 December 1989 (C-173/99, June the 26th, 2001, Bectu, pt.39)

Declaration concerning the aims and purposes of the International Labour Organisation (DECLARATION OF PHILADELPHIA) The Conference reaffirms the fundamental principles on which the Organization is based and, in particular, that: (a) labour is not a commodity; (…)

La grève, qui permet à un syndicat de faire entendre sa voix, constitue un aspect important pour les membres d'un syndicat dans la protection de leurs intérêts ( Schmidt et Dahlström , précité, § 36). La Cour note également que le droit de grève est reconnu par les organes de contrôle de l'Organisation internationale du travail (OIT) comme le corollaire indissociable du droit d'association syndicale protégé par la Convention C87 de l'OIT sur la liberté syndicale et la protection du droit syndical (pour la prise en compte par la Cour des éléments de droit international autres que la Convention, voir Demir et Baykara , précité). Elle rappelle que la Charte sociale européenne reconnaît aussi le droit de grève comme un moyen d'assurer l'exercice effectif du droit de négociation collective. CEDH - ARRÊT ENERJ İ YAPI-YOL SEN c. TURQUIE - 21 avril 2009