2nd FEPS COVID Response Webinar: 30 April 2020

This public online event was an exceptional occasion to discuss how government spending targeted to social outcomes can play a role in the recovery strategy from the pandemic. We counted with the participation of Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights. This event was reflection on how a social investment approach could play a role in the reconstruction of European welfare systems and how it can find its place in the next budget of the European Union.

Building on the FEPS Policy Study “Social Investment Now! Advancing Social Europe through the EU Budget” by Anton Hemerijck, Robin Huguenot-Noel, Francesco Corti and David Rinaldi, the webinar revised how important changes in the EU’s economic, social and political environment conspire behind a growing case for the EU to embrace social investment beyond two-decade lip-service.

Irene Tinagli, Member of the European Parliament (S&D Group) andChair of the ECON Committee

Lieve Fransen, Director of Europa Insight and Irene Tinagli, Member of the European Parliament (S&D Group), Chair of the ECON Committee, joined also the disucssion.