Wie) kann die Europa-Skepsis bekämpft werden? Appelle eines besorgten Europäers

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 892-905
Author(s):  
Oskar Peterlini
Keyword(s):  
Future Generations ◽  
Founding Fathers ◽  
The Social ◽  
European Parties ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

For millennia, Europe was a battlefield whose history was marked by countless wars among European peoples, blood and tears . The two world wars that cost millions of lives were the culmination of this development and a lesson rarely learned from history . For over 70 years Europeans have been living in peace . The contribution to securing it is probably the greatest gift the founding fathers of Europe gave to future generations . But love for Europe is fading . Not only in the UK but also in continental Europe populist and anti-European parties flourish . The EU would be threatened most if it loses its democratic base and if its citizens begin to reject it . Therefore, it is important to analyze the criticisms and fears that lead to the EU’s rejection . They can be summarized in three theses for which solutions can be offered: the democratic question, the social and the existential question with its concerns about immigration, security and peace . [ZParl, vol . 50 (2019), no . 4, pp . 892 - 905]

scholarly journals The Tolerable Cost of European Union Regulation: Leaving the EU and the Market for Politically Convenient Facts

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
GARY FOOKS ◽  
TOM MILLS
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Social Regulation ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Costs And Benefits ◽  
Business Competitiveness ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

AbstractEuropean Union (EU) law-making has played a key role in promoting social equity in the UK through safer working conditions, enhanced rights for workers, and by reducing environmental pollution. Concerns over its effect on business competitiveness have long been a major driver of Euroscepticism, underpinning criticism of the EU by influential opinion formers within British conservatism. The Leave Campaign argued that EU laws damage the UK economy by imposing unnecessary costs on British business, claiming that EU regulations cost the UK economy £33.3 billion per year. This paper examines the reliability of, and assumptions that underpin, aggregated estimates of the costs and benefits of EU-derived regulation, and considers how the economisation of public policy influences understanding of the social value of regulation. It brings together the findings of studies that have evaluated the accuracy of the estimated costs and benefits in formal impact assessments and analyses impact assessments of EU-derived policy instruments aimed at regulating working conditions. Our findings suggest that aggregated estimates represent poor guides to understanding the social costs and benefits of social regulation and highlight the value of discarding impact assessment estimates of costs and benefits in the context of efforts to shape social policy post-Brexit.

scholarly journals INGRESO MÍNIMO VITAL Y NACIONALES BRITÁNICOS EN ESPAÑA EN TIEMPOS DEL BREXIT.

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-76
Author(s):  
Thais Guerrero Padrón
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Transitional Period ◽  
Social Security Systems ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Immigration Laws ◽  
The Social ◽  
Core Issue ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

As from 1 January 2021, after the end of the transitional period imposed by the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will be for all purposes a third State and its nationals considered as “foreigners”. The change of status of the UK raises interesting questions regarding the social security rights of EU citizens and UK nationals. This paper deals with the possibility of access to the Minimum Living Income benefit for British nationals residing in Spain, either under the Spanish immigration laws or within the framework of the EU Regulations on the Coordination of Social Security systems. As a core issue, the identification of the Minimum Life Income benefit with the special non-contributory benefits of Article 70 of Regulation 883/2004 is argued. To this respect, the lack of inclusion of the Spanish benefit in Annex X can be considered as a serious oversight, possibly rectifiable by regulation and very necessary to avoid the conflict that this lack of clarification could generate

scholarly journals The future generation’s act: Wales

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Weatherup
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Economic Determinants ◽  
The Social ◽  
Common Purpose ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Public Bodies

Abstract The Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) (WFG) Act 2015 is ambitious legislation that enables a step change in the way public services tackle health and societal problems. The WFG Act includes clear requirements for public bodies to share a common purpose, by setting seven wellbeing goals focused on improving social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing. The Act requires public bodies to act collectively, plan for the long-term, involve people and communities in decision making, prevent problems occurring and take a joined-up approach to assessing wellbeing and planning. Monitoring and accountability structures include the establishment of a Future Generations Commissioner, whilst progress is monitored and reported against using National Indicators and reporting as part of the UK to the United Nations International Sustainable Development Goals. The Act represents a milestone for public health, with health and equality goals on par with goals for the environment and economy and a clearer articulation of the social and economic determinants of health. The presentation will provide a short introduction to the background and development of the legislation, but the main focus will be on what is being done to drive and support implementation at various levels of operation; for individuals, for teams, for organisations and for government and systems in order that the potential reach of the legislation is realised.

scholarly journals EU SOCIAL POLICY: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

2017 ◽  
pp. 80-90
Author(s):  
Kateryna Slyusarenko ◽  
Maryna Sadovenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Models ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

Introduction. Reform of the social policy is one of the most important issues not only for individual the EU Member States but for the EU as a whole. The economic integration in the absence of adequate social protection means the growth of inequality, insecurity and marginalization among EU citizens. Areas of solving economic and social problems, which worsened in recent years because of military action in Syria and Ukraine and exit of the UK out of the EU (Brexit), should be aimed at preserving the EU single market, reforming the labour market and social policies. Purpose. The article aims to assess the trends and problems of implementation of government social policy and social protection in the EU and to identify areas of social policy reforming. Results. The classification of social policy models has been proposed. Analysis of current trends in social protection has been carried out. The spending for social protection in the EU has been estimated. On the basis of research the problems in EU social policy have been outlined. The ways of its reforming have been determined.

Dowagers, Debs, Nuns and Babies: The Politics of Nostalgia and the Older Woman in the British Sunday Night Television Serial

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 769-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estella Tincknell
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Mature Female ◽  
Older Woman ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Position ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Popular Television

The extensive commercial success of two well-made popular television drama serials screened in the UK at prime time on Sunday evenings during the winter of 2011–12, Downton Abbey (ITV, 2010–) and Call the Midwife (BBC, 2012–), has appeared to consolidate the recent resurgence of the period drama during the 1990s and 2000s, as well as reassembling something like a mass audience for woman-centred realist narratives at a time when the fracturing and disassembling of such audiences seemed axiomatic. While ostensibly different in content, style and focus, the two programmes share a number of distinctive features, including a range of mature female characters who are sufficiently well drawn and socially diverse as to offer a profoundly pleasurable experience for the female viewer seeking representations of aging femininity that go beyond the sexualised body of the ‘successful ager’. Equally importantly, these two programmes present compelling examples of the ‘conjunctural text’, which appears at a moment of intense political polarisation, marking struggles over consent to a contemporary political position by re-presenting the past. Because both programmes foreground older women as crucial figures in their respective communities, but offer very different versions of the social role and ideological positioning that this entails, the underlying politics of such nostalgia becomes apparent. A critical analysis of these two versions of Britain's past thus highlights the ideological investments involved in period drama and the extent to which this ‘cosy’ genre may legitimate or challenge contemporary political claims.

The Duties of Doctors In Medical Education: A Letter To The Editor (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sneha Barai
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
General Medical Council ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Training

UNSTRUCTURED The UK General Medical Council (GMC) explicitly states doctors have a duty to ‘contribute to teaching and training…by acting as a positive role model’. However, recent studies suggest some are not fulfilling this, which is impacting medical students' experiences and attitudes during their training. As such, doctors have a duty to act as role models and teachers, as specified by the GMC, which it seems are not currently being fulfilled. This would improve the medical students’ learning experiences and demonstrate good professional values for them to emulate. Therefore, these duties should be as important as patient care, since this will influence future generations.

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