Effects of European political integration process on European social model

ABSTRACTEffects of European Political Integration Process on European Social ModelYener CEYLANDokuz Eylul UniversityInstitute Of Social SciencesDepartment of European UnionPolitical integration, embodys that national actors that have differentnational settings transfer power and authorization to supranational center tocommon targets. In this context, European Union is project that has beendeveloping and changing since fifty years. Political integration processproduce effects on national systems in Europe, as a result of the politicalintegration endeavors transform European social model that come intoexistence conclusion of mutual interaction of market, state andinstitutionalizing relationship. This transformation, that try to constitutesupranational center where has more and more increasing authority on socialpolicy, is oriented.Political integration process cause transformation of European socialmodel. Impact of this transformation upon social model has been discussed inthis Study. For this purpose , interaction between economic integration andpolitical integration has been examined. In wake of this examination, changingprocess of social model has been evaluated from European EconomicCommunity to European Union and evaluated cost of this transformation.Key Words: 1) Political Integration 2) European Social Model 3) Social Policy 4)Effects of Political Integration on European Social Model 5) Flexibility on LabourMarket