Contains a set of essays that examine different aspects of the impact of European Union law on national welfare state systems. This book looks at a different dimension of the subject: the effect of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and its provisions on solidarity, equality and citizenship, and the elements of the Lisbon Agenda. - Съдържа: Towards European welfare? / Gra?inne de Bu?rca -- Towards an 'open' social citizenship? : the new boundaries of welfare in the European Union / Maurizio Ferrera -- Solidarity and citizenship rights in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union / Siofra O'Leary -- Social security regulation in the EU : the de-territorialization of welfare? / Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen -- Health law and policy : the impact of the EU / Vassilis Hatzopoulos -- Beyond competition : services of general interest and European Community law / Julio Baquero Cruz -- Social Europe and experimentalist governance : towards a new constitutional compromise? / Jonathan Zeitlin.*