This chapter relates to the development of the European social integration, which
has been put on hold since the economic and financial crisis. From 2008 on, the European
institutions focused on the economic coordination to respond to the crisis and postponed the
European social model construction. The chances of the European social integration lie in
the social objectives set in the European treaties. Objectives such as full employment and
social progress, fighting social exclusion and discrimination, promoting social justice ...
