The supranational level of regulation of social policy in the EU: the formation and current state
Through theoretical-institutional, discursive and structural-functional modeling, standards, initiatives and regulations of social policy in the European Union are analyzed. An understanding of the structural elements of the European social model is given. It is reproduced the genesis of the formation and the current state of strategic planning. The principles and mechanisms of normative regulation of social planning in the European Union (EU) are considered. Social policy in Europe includes programs and measures that ensure social welfare, including guaranteed income for citizens during the illness, unemployment benefits, retirement pensions for the elderly, and benefits for families with children. Housing policy, health policy also refer to social policy with a broader understanding of it. The European Union is based on the idea of a social market economy. Full employment, social progress, social protection are among its key goals. By the Treaty of Lisbon, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is legally equal to the sources of primary law, which makes its provisions mandatory: the Charter guarantees social rights to all who live in the EU countries legally. Social policy is related to the joint competence of the EU and the member states, here the principle of subsidiarity applies, which protects the prerogatives of the national level of government. The most developed areas of EU social policy are ensuring the freedom of movement of workers, non-discrimination of workers, protection of health and safety in the workplace. The powers of the EU almost do not affect such important areas as health care, fertility support, education, which the member states have reserved.