Gallo, Daniele --- "On the content and scope of national and European solidarity under free movement rules: the case of golden shares and sovereign investments" [2018] ELECD 278; in Biondi, Andrea; Dagilytė, Eglė; Küçük, Esin (eds), "Solidarity in EU Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 191

Book Title: Solidarity in EU Law

Editor(s): Biondi, Andrea; Dagilytė, Eglė; Küçük, Esin

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781783477777

Section: Chapter 9

Section Title: On the content and scope of national and European solidarity under free movement rules: the case of golden shares and sovereign investments

Author(s): Gallo, Daniele

Number of pages: 28

Abstract/Description:

At the core of this chapter lies the tension between the EU’s aims of market integration and the retention by national authorities of important powers in the carrying out of socio-economic activities. In this respect the chapter examines the concept of socio-economic protectionism under free movement rules in the context of the relationships between intra-EU golden shares, non-EU sovereign investments, services of general economic interest (SGEIs) and strategic industries. To this end, it argues that the multifaceted notion of solidarity, at national and EU levels, may serve for reaching a fair balance between the aims of economic/market regulation and those of social regulation.