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Challenging the Welfare State |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Carl Johan Ljungberg |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 3/1/1994 |
| Size: 2,265 Words, 14,052 Characters |
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Europe hardly seems itself these days. People are troubled by events in eastern Europe and Bosnia, and recession has created additional problems. The social-welfare safety nets that were once a source of pride are now threatening to break up entirely. Even staunch supporters of public social security, like Jacques Delors, speak as if they represented free-market institutes. And Delors demands nothing less than a remaking of the traditional safety nets within the European Union (EU).
In many ways, Germany is the heavyweight member of the EU, and its problems are typical. Many Germans worry that Bonn's longtime commitment to health and social welfare has caused federal costs to skyrocket beyond what the country can afford. Sickness-insurance payments, for example, are 300 times higher t...
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...st may complicate the unification process. The inability to deliver social services may slow the integration process of countries not yet part of the union.
Problems with social security face each country. But no matter how well individual EU members and other European countries solve their domestic welfare crises, the need for joint action increases with the integration process itself.
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