Gobernanza económica y erosión del constitucionalismo social. El pilar Europeo de los Derechos Sociales:¿efectividad y contenido mínimo de los derechos sociales frente a las políticas de austeridad?

Abstract

This article aims at providing a comprehensive overview with respect to the erosion of social constitutionalism, the control over the effects by austerity policies, the defense of the minimum content and effectiveness of social rights, the limits to the general application of the principle of primacy of European Union Law in relation to the guaranteed content of national Constitutional Law, and finally, analyses the frail content of the «European Pillar of Social Rights», as well as its unlikely impact on the re-establishment of social standards within the framework of the EMU.

Keywords

• european pillar of social rights
• weakening of social constitutionalism
• constitutional law
• effectiveness and minimum content of social rights
• constitutional control of austerity policies
• economic governance