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Authored by Paolo Graziano and Laura Polverari
Chapter 8, pp. 167-182
In Social policy in the European Union 1999-2019: the long and winding road. (Edited by) Bart Vanhercke, Dalila Ghailani and Slavina Spasova, with Philippe Pochet
Brussels: European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), European Social Observatory (OSE), 2020

This volume is the 20th anniversary edition of Social policy in the EU: state of play. Coordinated by Cécile Barbier and Philippe Pochet, the first edition covered the year 1999 and was published as a collaborative project between the European Social Observatory (OSE) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) in 2000.
This anniversary edition looks back at the main developments in EU social policymaking over the past two decades. Key questions addressed in this volume include:

• What was the place of the social dimension during the financial and economic crisis?
• Who has driven, and who has braked, EU social policymaking?
• Which instruments does the EU have at its disposal for ‘market correcting’ policies?
• What are the next steps in the further implementation of the EU’s social dimension, especially in the context of the European Pillar of Social Rights?

The chapter provides an overview of the social impact of cohesion policy over the period 1999-2019 and the challenges and opportunities ahead.