Central questions to be explored within each cluster include the following: What are the consequences of economic globalisation and Europeanisation for the protection and quality of European workers? How much integration of what type does the EU need in order to tackle problems of inequality and divergence among individuals and member states? What is the political feasibility of cross-border solidarity within the Economic and Monetary Union and the Single Market and what forms should they take? To what extent should certain welfare state functions be provided at the European level?

Theme Group Leaders