Book Review: Free Movement, Social Security and Gender in the EU

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-413
Author(s):  
Stamatia Devetzi
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Social security coordination after Brexit: trying to take an egg out of an omelette?

ERA Forum ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Comprehensive Coverage

AbstractThis article examines the negotiations to secure social security and healthcare rights after Brexit for people who have exercised their right to free movement or move between the EU and UK in the future. The analysis is based upon examination of drafts of the Withdrawal Agreement informed by interviews with senior policy makers involved in the Brexit negotiations. The article finds that while persons and benefits included in the Withdrawal Agreement mirror those of the current Coordinating Regulations the procedure for identifying eligibility is complicated and future arrangements might not provide comprehensive coverage and legal certainty.

scholarly journals Montenegro’s accession to the European Union: Possible consequences of the free movement of persons for the Montenegrin social security system

SEER ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-58
Author(s):  
Frederic De Wispelaere ◽  
Gabriella Berki ◽  
Snjezana Balokovic
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Security System ◽  
Security System ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
System P ◽  
Free Movement Of Persons ◽  
The Eu

This article discusses the potential impact of the free movement of persons in the EU on the Montenegrin social security system. It can be argued that three variables will be of great importance: 1) mobility between Montenegro and other EU member states; 2) social security legislation in Montenegro; and 3) the social security Coordination Regulations. The scale of migration will be highly dependent on whether there are transitional arrangements and whether neighbouring countries, not least Serbia, join the EU at the same time. In order to avoid an erosion of the workforce and consequently of people paying taxes in Montenegro, it might be useful to negotiate transitional arrangements as well as to promote oth er types of labour mobility, such as intra-EU posting. Furthermore, it can be expected that Montenegro’s accession will have financial and administrative implications in the area of healthcare. After all, accession to the EU will lead to a further increase in the number of tourists and thus of the amount that Montenegro will have to recover from member states if unplanned healthcare has been provided in Montenegro.

The judicial finetuning of the EU rules determining the applicable social security legislation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1023263X2110583
Author(s):  
A.P. van der Mei ◽  
E. van Ooij
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Member State ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Time Basis ◽  
The Eu

The conflict rules enshrined in Regulation 883/2004 on the coordination of social security were created six decades ago to offer those who exercise free movement rights ‘constant social security protection’. The main idea was to ensure that beneficiaries are always subject to the legislation of a single Member State and to indicate which Member State that was. Because beneficiaries were above all ‘standard’ employees working on a full-time basis for an indefinite period of time, it was initially quite easy to determine the ‘competent’ Member State. The processes of flexibilization, digitalization, enlargement and globalization, however, have posed new and often formidable challenges. In today’s dynamic labour market it is often particularly difficult to identify the applicable legislation, issues arise as regards swift and frequent switches in the applicable legislation, increased worker and company mobility may affect social security rights and problems have arisen because of the possible fraudulent use of the rules determining the applicable legislation. This contribution analyses some of the recent CJEU case law on topics like working in to or more Member States, posting, abuse and fraud, employment and/or residence outside the EU and gaps in in social security protection by EU workers. The overarching question is how, in the view of the CJEU, the classic conflict rules are to be applied so as to ensure cross-border movers continue to enjoy constant social security protection.

scholarly journals Key Ideas on Mobility and Social Security after Brexit

ERA Forum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dolores Carrascosa Bermejo
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Security ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThis article provides a general understanding of the main aspects of mobility (no longer referred to as free movement) and social security coordination, in the Brexit international agreements that govern the relationship of the EU with the United Kingdom: the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). The article shows that both topics, mobility (or migration) and social security coordination, were relevant to the origins of Brexit. Before analysing both Brexit Agreements, the article gives a comparative overview of them, considering their principal features and their relationship. The article then analyses the mobility and coordination of social security in each agreement from a practical perspective, giving examples and highlighting the significant differences in coverage that they generate for the different citizens included in their personal scope.

scholarly journals Renegotiating the European Union’s free movement and social security coordination policies: Britain’s approaches and interests

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Milton
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Internal Migration ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Member States ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Intergovernmental Negotiations

The EU’s freedom of movement has increasingly been brought into question in the last few years as member states have restricted social benefits for EU migrants. Britain proposed in-work benefit restrictions for economically active EU migrants in intergovernmental negotiations leading up to the referendum on its membership to the EU. Access to social benefits is an important component of free movement. It provides EU citizens with social rights in host member states, which promotes internal migration. Restricting free movement threatens European integration because it is a fundamental EU treaty right. This article analyses Britain’s preferences towards the EU’s free movement and social security coordination policies leading up to the Brexit referendum. Britain’s identity, and conceptions of statehood and European.

scholarly journals R.A. Elman (2007) Sexual equality in an integrated Europe: virtual equality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuno Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
Male Violence ◽  
Sexual Equality ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Eu

I should start by mentioning that this book review has been written by a lawyer and not a political scientist, which accounts to some extent for the perspective taken and comments produced. In this work, Amy Elman proposes a highly critical analysis of the politics surrounding gender equality in the EU. The book is structured in eight main chapters: in chapters 2 and 3 the author sets the background to, and presents a chronological account of, the topic at stake; in chapter 4 she makes a first assessment of the policies in question; in chapter 5 she focuses on the intersection between political participation and gender; in chapter 6 the role of male violence is examined; in chapter 7 the programmes Stop and Daphne are assessed; chapter 8 debates the process of politicisation of (mostly female lesbian) sexuality; and chapter 9 concentrates on the right of same-sex couples to marry. The book chiefly concludes that the EU’s role in this field has primarily been one of maintaining gender inequality, rather than diminishing it.

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