A Force for Fairness? What could the European Union do to combat economic inequality?

The central questions were if the UK public perceives what rights one enjoys at work as a result of EU policies, if there is support for the principle of common workers rights across the EU and action at EU level to tackle inequality and how an alternative vision of a new 'Social Europe' could look like.

The report and the discussion reflected upon the dichotomy that whereas the effects of European policies are very popular in the UK, the idea of European regulation is rejected. The panellists agreed that the discussion about membership in the European Union focuses very much on the benefits to business, but the dimension of Social Europe needs to be part of the debate as we