This review is oriented on relationship between fundamental European values offreedom, equity and justice and the concept of Social Market Economy (the SME). The ąuestion is posed whether the SME-policies which succeeded in Germany could possibly prevent the European Union from progressing along the path of destabilization and diffusion. The article makes references to Polish, German and English literaturę of the subject. The piece of work consists of four parts. The first introductory section highlights the problem in the context of political and economic ideas which dominated in Europę after the second world war. The next section confronts the European values with real chances of the treatment in accordance with the SME principles. The third section considers the chances using an exemplification of the pan-European market of funded pensions. In conclusion it is stressed that the social aspects of economic activities are those which need to be upgraded in economic-policies design and process.