EU Social Policy and Monetary Policy

The integration of Europe has created a new government that could be labeled as intergovernmental, or supranational. Most would agree, that in reality, it is a delicate balance of the two. However, you can identify specific policies within the EU as more intergovernmental or supranational. EU social policy leans more towards the intergovernmental, and EU monetary policy would be largely considered supernatural. European Union social policy would be considered more intergovernmental mostly by lack of …

…as social issues, which remain intergovernmental, and monetary policy, which is largely supranational. If the EU is to hold together, all policies must also maintain that same balance. If this is true, much work still needs to be done, so that the clear lines between supranational and intergovernmental no longer exist. With the amount of diversity of the members of the European Union, it is questionable if concrete policies can be passed to accomplish this.