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Associate Director and Head of the Social Europe and Well-being programme
Expertise:
EU politics (including The Netherlands); social policies and healthcare, the nexus between pharmaceutical policy and economic security, gender- and diversity issues and sustainability.

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Podcast

Social EU / PODCAST

A strong social Europe: Long overdue or a bridge too far?

The upcoming Porto Social Summit hopes to give a much-needed push to the European Pillar of Social Rights, the EU’s attempt to add a social dimension to its policies. But without any real power in this area, what concrete results can we expect?

In this episode, the EPC's Social Europe and Well-Being team looks ahead at the summit and explores the tension between the dream of a social Europe and doing the work of building it. They explain why EU-wide social policies are worth pursuing and how they could be implemented successfully.

The discussion also covers health, the potential role of the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility in spurring reforms, and the disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on women in the workplace.

With Rebecca Castermans , Simona Guagliardo , Mihai Palimariciuc , Aileen McLeod , Laura Rayner

                             

Events

Publications

Social EU / COMMENTARY
Brain economy: Novel Approach to Europe's Growth
By Pawel Swieboda , Elizabeth Kuiper , Harris Eyre - 20/11/2024
Social EU / EXTERNAL PUBLICATION
The Social Pillar and the future of the EU Social Agenda
By Laura Rayner , Tommaso Grossi , Danielle Brady , Xheimina Dervishi - 12/02/2024
Social EU / DISCUSSION PAPER
The European Pillar of Social Rights: Five years on
By Laura Rayner , Tommaso Grossi , Danielle Brady , Victoria Pedjasaar - 20/12/2022
Social EU / JUBILEE THINK PIECE
Europe’s power is built upon its social contract
By Laura Rayner , Tommaso Grossi - 28/11/2022
Social EU / REPORT
Fair Energy Transition for All - How to get there?
By Laura Rayner , Melanie Fessler - 08/11/2022
Social EU / ISSUE PAPER
Well-performing public services for a fair and resilient European society
By Simona Guagliardo , Mihai Palimariciuc - 10/02/2021
Social EU / DISCUSSION PAPER
Minimum wage and the EU: Happily ever after?
By Claire Dhéret , Mihai Palimariciuc - 29/05/2020

Contributions

Social EU / PUBLICATION
Study for BUDG Committee - Social tracking methodology for the EU budget
EPC analysts Tommaso Grossi and Laura Rayner conducted a study for the BUDG Committee of the European Parliament on the evolving approach to tracking the effectiveness and impact of social expenditure from the EU budget. 

In the last decade, there has been a shift toward performance-based budgeting, putting emphasis on the outputs and results of expenditure programmes. Despite these changes, ascertaining whether policies are achieving their underlying goals and contributing to the realisation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) remains difficult. The study analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the current system for monitoring and evaluating EU social spending and proposes improvements.

The study is available here.

03 March 2023 - ,
BUDG Committee of the European Parliament
Social EU / BOOK
Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2023
Tommaso Grossi contributed to the Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2023 publication by the European Trade Union Institute.

Read his paper 02-The socio-ecological dimension of the Green Deal Industrial Plaform here!

15 June 2024 - ,
European Trade Union Institute
Social EU / INTERVIEW
French minister says block to Sanofi deal is still 'on the table'
Elizabeth Kuiper was interviewed by Euronews on the potential blockage of the Sanofi deal in France.

Read it here.

16 October 2024 - ,

Social EU / INTERVIEW
Europa se ahoga con los precios de la vivienda
Elizabeth Kuiper was interviewed by spanish newspaper El Diaro on housing prices in the EU.

Read it here.

26 October 2024 - ,


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