Building a European care regime: EU governance of national care provision through the European Semester

Anna Elomäki, Paul Copeland, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, School of Society and Environment, Department of Sociology, Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London

Journal of European Social Policy

Published online on February 03, 2026

Abstract

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This study explores how the European Union (EU) governs care provision in member states through the European Semester and its Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs). Introduced after the economic crisis, the Semester has became a targeted tool for ...