Vicki Donlevy, Policy and Research Division of Ecorys, UKCaroline de la Porte, University of Southern DenmarkHelene Schönheinz, University of Salzburg, AustriaBart Vanhercke, European Social Observatory, Belgium

• 1. Institutional Design and National Influence of EU Social Policy Coordination: Advancing a Contradictory Debate 2. Tracing the Social OMC from its Origins To Europe 2020 3. Is the Social OMC Fit for Purpose? Adequacy and Institutional Design, 2006-2010 4. An OMC for all Policies: is Belgium (still) the Best Pupil in the Class? 5. The Social OMC in France: the Realm of the Happy Few? 6. The Social OMC in Germany: Slow but Steady? 7. The Social OMC in Denmark: European Ideas Meet Domestic Politics 8. The Social OMC in the UK: Beyond Cheap Talk? 9. The Social OMCs at Work: Identifying and Explaining Variations in National Use and Influence

Vicki Donlevy, Policy and Research Division of Ecorys, UKCaroline de la Porte, University of Southern DenmarkHelene Schönheinz, University of Salzburg, AustriaBart Vanhercke, European Social Observatory, Belgium

• 1. Institutional Design and National Influence of EU Social Policy Coordination: Advancing a Contradictory Debate 2. Tracing the Social OMC from its Origins To Europe 2020 3. Is the Social OMC Fit for Purpose? Adequacy and Institutional Design, 2006-2010 4. An OMC for all Policies: is Belgium (still) the Best Pupil in the Class? 5. The Social OMC in France: the Realm of the Happy Few? 6. The Social OMC in Germany: Slow but Steady? 7. The Social OMC in Denmark: European Ideas Meet Domestic Politics 8. The Social OMC in the UK: Beyond Cheap Talk? 9. The Social OMCs at Work: Identifying and Explaining Variations in National Use and Influence

Vicki Donlevy, Policy and Research Division of Ecorys, UKCaroline de la Porte, University of Southern DenmarkHelene Schönheinz, University of Salzburg, AustriaBart Vanhercke, European Social Observatory, Belgium

• 1. Institutional Design and National Influence of EU Social Policy Coordination: Advancing a Contradictory Debate 2. Tracing the Social OMC from its Origins To Europe 2020 3. Is the Social OMC Fit for Purpose? Adequacy and Institutional Design, 2006-2010 4. An OMC for all Policies: is Belgium (still) the Best Pupil in the Class? 5. The Social OMC in France: the Realm of the Happy Few? 6. The Social OMC in Germany: Slow but Steady? 7. The Social OMC in Denmark: European Ideas Meet Domestic Politics 8. The Social OMC in the UK: Beyond Cheap Talk? 9. The Social OMCs at Work: Identifying and Explaining Variations in National Use and Influence