In 2022, the EU labour markets have demonstrated remarkable resilience despite Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, high inflation and an economic slowdown. We have witnessed record levels of employment, with the highest number of people in employment and the lowest levels of unemployment ever. This demonstrates the resilience of our labour markets and our social market economy.

Provides a comprehensive analysis of challenges facing the EU in the areas of both employment and social policy. Focuses on changes in Europe's job structure, recent increases in income inequalities, the varying patterns of poverty and social exclusion, the problem of in-work poverty, challenges and measures in the area of active ageing, and brings an updated analysis of intra-EU labour mobility.

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the impact of the crisis and austerity policies on all elements of the European Social Model. This book assesses the situation in each individual EU member state on the basi