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This article presents the emerging transnational interactions and problems in the area of social policy in contemporary Europe. Firstly, it defines the concept of Social Europe, both in normative and descriptive-analytical terms. Then, it characterizes a few selected symptoms of deepening integration processes which are taking place in a multilevel “European social space”. Finally, the author considers the present and future role of the European Union, and its internal bodies like the European Commission and the European Court of Justice, in developing social policy on the continental scale.