Working group Social Europe without Social Dialogue C-928/19 P European Federation of Public Service Unions Add to calendar 2022-10-12 16:30 2022-10-12 18:00 Europe/Rome Social Europe without Social Dialogue Sala del Torrino Villa Salviati- Castle YYYY-MM-DD Print Share: Share on Facebook Share on BlueSky Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email Scheduled dates Oct 12 2022 16:30 - 18:00 CEST Sala del Torrino, Villa Salviati- Castle Organised by Department of Law This seminar discusses how the decision in European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) affects the future of social Europe. This article explores three dimensions of how the decision in EPSU affects the future of social Europe. First, it discusses how this decision rejects a right of legislative initiative shared among the social partners and the Commission and turns the participatory mechanism of social dialogue into a mere stakeholder consultation – an anti-model of social dialogue. Second, the article considers how the Court refuses to recognise social dialogue as an alternative means of democracy within the EU tying into the case-law on the European Citizens’ Initiative and constraining democratic deliberation in Europe. Finally, the article explains why the decision in EPSU is a lost chance to clarify that it is the Union’s fundamental interest to protect and promote fundamental rights. Partners Related events