The European Employment Strategy (EES) has been put in place in order to ensure the survival of the European Social Model
in view of institutional change resulting from the introduction of the European Monetary System. It has become the platform
of a method of open coordination of social and employment policy. It represents a new method of governance through soft law,
as the traditional governance scheme of binding directives failed to find acceptance among member countries in core areas
of national policy development and implementation.
Keywords:European Social Model, Open Method of Coordination, Soft Law, National Reform Programme, Supply side management
Forschungsbereich:Arbeitsmarktökonomie, Einkommen und soziale Sicherheit