Flexicurity - further erosion of workers' rights?

The Danish EU Presidency has seen the supposed advantages of flexicurity to tackle unemployment, to raise the EU´s competitiveness and to overcome the current crisis once more come to the fore.

This was to be expected. In Denmark, where the model is largely viewed as being successful, flexicurity is seen as a solution to almost all employment ills.

Due to its positive experiences in the past, Copenhagen expects much of flexicurity. It is supposed to create more competitiveness in ...