SOCIAL EUROPE AT THE CROSSROADS - CHOICE, UNCERTAINTY AND ATAVISM OF THE MAASTRICHT SOCIAL AGREEMENT

Given the Treaty of Masstricht and the Social Agreement worked out by 11 member states, the slow making of a ''Social Europe'' should enter a new phase. Light is shed on the new means of regulation and on the a ctors mentioned in legal texts. How will effects vary depending on nat ional systems of labor relations? Do supranational European ''social a ctos'' have adequate organizational means for assuming their new respo nsibilities? Are they ready to effectively manage diverse interests?