A special issue of the scientific journal Law Education Security has been published, entitled “The European Union in the 21st Century: Economic, Legal, and Social Challenges” (Volume 1, Issue I/2025).
The volume is devoted to analyzing the most important challenges facing the European Union in an era of dynamic geopolitical, social, and technological change. The authors—representatives of the scientific community from Poland and Europe—address topics such as the labor market, administrative law, digital transformation, social policy, and the relationship between religion and society in the context of European integration.
The issue opens with an article by the editor-in-chief of the journal, Prof. Gertruda Uścińska, Rector of the Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School, reflecting on the future of European integration in the context of global trends and growing expectations towards the European community – New European Union regulations concerning work via digital platforms – Directive (EU) 2024/2831.
In addition, the articles include, among others:
- Beata Samoraj-Charitonow – Transposition of Directive 2001/55/EC in Polish Foreigners Law
- Magdalena Jagodzińska – The demographic future of the European Union and the challenges for social policy and social security systems
- Mariusz Miąsko – Research analysis on the impact of AI, robotics and autonomous systems on the labor market
- Beata Zięba – Revised Concept of Economic Operator under Directive 2014/25/EU
- Fabrizio Giulimondi – The European Union has yet to figure out what it wants to be when it grows up
- Tomasz Rzymkowski – Alexander Hamilton’s Concept of Federalism in the Process of Federalization of the USA and the EU
- Michaela Moravčíková – The European Union in the 21st Century: New Challenges for the Settlement of State-Church Relations
- María Alejandra Vanney – Religion in Everyday Decision-Making and the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
All articles, as well as the entire publication, can be read on the SGMK Publishing website.
