欧盟社会政策的决策机制

Abstract:This chapter analyzes the composition of the decision-makers of European social policy，their decision-making pattern，and their “opening cooperation relations”. The main decision-makers of European social policy includes the Ministerial Council for the Employment and Social Policy，the “Directorates-general for Employment and Social Policy” in the European Commission，the “Employment and Social Policy Committee” in the European Parliament，and the consultative European Economic and Social Committee and Regional Committee. In addition，the case law of European Justice Court also played crucial role in the evolution of European social policy. This chapter holds that，the European social policy was founded on the common will of the member states，is a result of the interaction among the multilevel political actors in the Community，rather than an outcome of the supranational bodies’ promotion. At the institutional level，the formulation and implementation of European social policy was separately conducted at the Community and national level，is a political process that the member states exercise the “shared sovereignty”. This is a complicated “double layers game”，in which the multilevel actors established the intricate interactive relations. In this process，the EU bodies was not so much the “decision-maker” of the European social policy as the “coordinator” of the multilevel interests in the Community.

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