Social Services of General Interest in the EU

1. Introduction
Ulla Neergaard, Erika Szyszczak, Johan Willem Gronden, Markus Krajewski

2. Unity and Diversity of SSGIs in the European Union
Pierre Bauby

3. Welfare States and Social Europe
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen

4. Social Services of General Interest: The EU Competence Regime and a Constitution of Social Governance
Dagmar Schiek

5. SSGIs and Solidarity: Constitutive Elements of the EU’s Social Market Economy?
Malcolm Ross

6. Free Movement of Services and the Right of Establishment: Does EU Internal Market Law Transform the Provision of SSGI?
Johan W. Gronden

7. Free Movement of Workers and Union Citizens
Alina Tryfonidou

8. Freedom to Fund?: The Effects of the Internal Market Rules, with Particular Emphasis on Free Movement of Capital
Leo Flynn

9. The Concept of SSGI and the Asymmetries Between Free Movement and Competition Law
Ulla Neergaard

10. Public Distortions of Competition: The Importance of Article 106 TFEU and the State Action Doctrine
Piet Jan Slot

11. Private Distortions of Competition and SSGIs
Caroline Heide-Jørgensen

12. Social Services of General Interest and the State Aid Rules
Julio Baquero Cruz

13. Soft Law and Safe Havens
Erika Szyszczak

14. Social Services of General Interest and the EU Public Procurement Rules
Elisabetta Manunza, Wouter Jan Berends

15. Preserving General Interest in Healthcare Through Secondary and Soft EU Law: The Case of the Patients’ Rights Directive
Rita Baeten, Willy Palm

16. The Scope of the EU ‘Pensions’-Directive: Some Background and Solutions for Policymakers
Hans Meerten

17. The Political Economy of Regulating Longevity Insurance in the EU
Waltraud Schelkle

18. SSGIs in Sweden: With a Special Emphasis on Education
Caroline Wehlander, Tom Madell

19. Social Services of General Interest in Germany
Ulrich Becker

20. Changes and Challenges in UK Social Services: Social Services of General Interest or ‘Welfare’ Services of General Economic Interest?
Jim Davies

21. The Provision of Social Services in Italy Between Federalization and Europeanization
Francesco Costamagna

22. SSGIs in the Czech Republic
Kristina Koldinská

23. Conclusions
Erika Szyszczak, Ulla Neergaard, Johan W. Gronden

Keywords: Law, European Law, Labour Law/Social Law, Human Rights