Nbr. 2007, October 2007
Index
- PUBLIC HEALTH : EXPERTS CALL FOR A TOTAL BAN ON MERCURY.
- PROFESSIONAL TRAINING : COURT SLAMS LIMITED ACCESS TO TEACHER COURSE IN SWEDEN.
- SOCIAL DIALOGUE.
- UNEMPLOYMENT : UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE EU SLIGHTLY DOWN.
- WORKING TIME : REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF OFFSHORE WORKERS.
- GLOBAL EUROPE, SOCIAL EUROPE.
- WORKING CONDITIONS : QUALITY OF WORK ON THE INFORMAL COUNCIL MENU.
- TAXATION : SWEDEN TAKEN TO COURT OVER PENSION FUNDS.
- FISCAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SPAIN CLOSED.
- FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS : ECJ BOLSTERS RESIDENCE RIGHTS OF NON-EU NATIONALS.
- SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES : CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF HEALTH COVER IN THE EU.
- JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS : LEGAL MIGRATION, POLICE DATA SHARING HOT TOPICS FOR 2007.
- WORKING CONDITIONS AND FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES : THE MARKET VERSUS UNIONS IN TWO CASES BEFORE THE COURT.
- EMPLOYMENT : EMPLOYMENT RATE UP IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2006.
- IMMIGRATION : DIRECT EFFECTS OF NON-DISCRIMINATION PRINCIPLE FOR A TUNISIAN.
- FORMAL WARNINGS FOR DISCRIMINATION.
- SOCIAL EUROPE : SOCIAL PLATFORM SETS NINE TESTS FOR THE GERMAN PRESIDENCY.
- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY : RECOMMENDATIONS ON LISBON NATIONAL REFORM PLANS.
- ONLINE PROTECTION.
- INTERVIEW WITH VLADIMIR SPIDLA, COMMISSIONER FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS : THE GLOBALISATION FUND: FAST, EASY, EFFECTIVE AND INGENIOUS.
- EMPLOYMENT - GLOBALISATION : PARLIAMENT GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND.
- PARTY OF EUROPEAN SOCIALISTS : PES LISTS TEN PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW SOCIAL EUROPE'.
- POLAND: FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT.
- CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY : MEPS WANT TO MAKE BUSINESS MORE RESPONSIBLE.
- GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND : THE FOUR PRINCIPLES, ACCORDING TO EP RAPPORTEUR ROSELYNE BACHELOT.
- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT : SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN PURCHASING POWER BETWEEN MEMBER STATES.
- EMPLOYMENT - GLOBALISATION : KEY FEATURES OF THE GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND.
- TAX DISCRIMINATION IN BELGIUM.
- EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY : USE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO CLOSE JOBS GAP.
- PUBLIC HEALTH : THE EU STUDIES CIGARETTES THAT GO OUT BY THEMSELVES.
- THREE QUESTIONS FOR LEONARD ORBAN, COMMISSIONER FOR MULTILINGUALISM : LANGUAGE A 'FUNDAMENTALLY DEMOCRATIC ISSUE'.
- FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS : EU RELUCTANT TO OPEN JOB MARKETS TO ROMANIANS AND BULGARIANS.
- FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS : DUTCH RESTRICTIONS ON POSTING OF WORKERS DEEMED ILLEGAL.
- PUBLIC PROCUREMENT : COMMISSION LAUNCHES INFRINGEMENT PROCEEDINGS.
- FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT AND PROVISION OF SERVICES : SEVERAL COUNTRIES OUT OF LINE WITH EU RULES.
- SUPPLEMENTARY HEALTH INSURANCE : COMMISSION SENDS FORMAL REQUEST TO BELGIUM.
- ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION : PARLIAMENT ADOPTS IMMIGRATION PACKAGE.
- PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : PROCEEDINGS OVER NON-RECOGNITION OF DIPLOMAS.
- EUROPEAN MINIMUM WAGE.
- EDUCATION : ERASMUS ANNIVERSARY LEADS TO CALLS FOR INCREASED FUNDING.
- SOCIAL SECURITY - HEALTH CARE : EXPERTS EMPHASISE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN EUROPE'S HEALTH SPENDING.
- JEAN-PAUL COSTA/ECHR.
- PRISONS : POLISH OBJECTIONS TO THE TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONS.
- EMPLOYMENT : SMALL IMPROVEMENT IN EU EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
- EUROPEAN COUNCIL - IMMIGRATION : SUMMIT APPROVES NEW MIGRATION MEASURES.
- REGRETS ABOUT WORKING TIME.
- OPINION : A STATUTE FOR MUTUAL INSURANCE FIRMS: TOWARDS EU RECOGNITION?
- EDUCATION : COUNCIL SETS OUT THE KEY SKILLS REQUIRED IN A GLOBALISED WORLD.
- EDUCATION - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS : NEW QUALITY CHARTER AIMS TO IMPROVE STUDY PERIODS ABROAD.
- EDUCATION : ERASMUS MUNDUS TO BE ENHANCED IN THE EU'S NEIGHBOURHOOD.
- PUBLIC HEALTH : COURT UPHOLDS BAN ON TOBACCO ADVERTISING.
- SOCIAL HOUSING ICELAND.
- POSTING OF WORKERS.
- DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EU-8.
- INTERVIEW WITH WOLFGANG SCHAUBLE AND BRIGITTE ZYPRIES : SCHAUBLE: 'IT IS OUR DUTY TO INTEGRATE IMMIGRANTS'.
- ROYAL AMBITIONS FOR A MORE SOCIAL TREATY.
- EMPLOYMENT POLICY - UNEMPLOYMENT : GERMAN LAW ON PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES MUST BE REVISED.
- SOCIAL REFORMS IN AUSTRIA.
- FRANCE IS THE BABY CHAMPION'.
- WORKING TIME.
- ECJ SLAMS GERMAN SICK PAY SCHEME.
- SOCIAL SECURITY.
- TRADE UNION TRAINING.
- HEALTH SERVICES.
- SOCIAL CONFLICT : SPECIFIC RULE IN ROME II TO APPLY TO STRIKE ACTION.
- HEALTH CARE ABROAD.
- DENISE SORASIO/EC.
- PETER LINDVALD-NIELSEN/EESC.
- SOCIAL POLICY : MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN SOCIAL STATISTICS BUT SHORTCOMINGS REMAIN.
- INTERVIEW WITH BERNADETTE VERGNAUD, EP RAPPORTEUR : HEALTH SERVICES: 'A LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT IS NEEDED'.
- FIXED-TERM CONTRACTS : ADVOCATE-GENERAL: 1999 DIRECTIVE DOES NOT COVER PAY.
- FIXED-TERM CONTRACTS : COMMISSION AND SOCIAL PARTNERS DISPUTE ECJ OPINION.
- NANOTECHNOLOGY : EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT NEED TO INVESTIGATE HEALTH RISKS.
- HEALTH : COMMISSION WANTS TO BAN SMOKING IN ALL PUBLIC PLACES.
- WORKING TIME.
- RESEARCH ON INCLUSION.
- ACTIVE INCLUSION.
- CALL FOR SOCIAL DIALOGUE PROPOSALS.
- ETF YEARBOOK 2006 - SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR POVERTY REDUCTION.
- SOCIAL SECURITY : FRENCH SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCE DEEMED TO BE NON-EXPORTABLE.
- SOCIAL POLICY : PHILOSOPHY AND PRIORITIES OF THE GERMAN PRESIDENCY.
- INTERVIEW WITH ERNEST-ANTOINE SEILLIERE, PRESIDENT OF BUSINESSEUROPE : HEAD OF EUROPEAN EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION SOUNDS THE ALARM.
- REPRESENTATION OF PERSONNEL : EXCLUDING YOUNG WORKERS WHEN CALCULATING STAFF NUMBERS IS ILLEGAL.
- STABILITY PROGRAMMES : RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY.
- INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (BERLIN) : EMPLOYERS CALL FOR A MORATORIUM' ON LABOUR LAW.
- IMMIGRATION : PRESIDENCY PLANS TO SET UP NETWORK OF EDUCATION SPONSORS'.
- EUROPEAN YOUTH SUMMIT PREPARATIONS : EDUCATION, JOBS AND ENVIRONMENT ARE EU YOUTH'S TOP PRIORITIES.
- INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (BERLIN) : SOCIAL ADDENDUM TO NEW CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY PROVING DIFFICULT.
- PENSIONS : PROGRESS ON PORTABILITY OF PENSIONS IN THE OFFING.
- INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (BERLIN) : QUALITY WORK, ADEQUATE SALARIES, NO MORATORIUM.
- HEALTH CARE : THREE MINISTERS SUPPORT A MORATORIUM ON LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
- ADVANCED THERAPIES : MEPS BREAK ETHICAL IMPASSE.
- HEALTH : KYPRIANOU TAKES THE FIGHT AGAINST TOBACCO INTO HOTEL ROOMS.
- EDUCATION : NEW QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK A PRIORITY FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
- ANTI-DISCRIMINATION : NGOS LAUNCH PETITION FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR THE DISABLED.
- GENDER EQUALITY : MEPS BLAST COMMISSION'S LACK OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
- RETIREMENT BENEFITS : EMPLOYEES LESS PROTECTED AGAINST AN EMPLOYER'S INSOLVENCY.
- DEMOGRAPHY : COHESION POLICY CAN HELP DEAL WITH DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES.
- EMPLOYMENT POLICY : GERMAN LAW ON PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES MUST BE REVISED.
- JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS : MEDIA URGES EXCLUSION FROM ROME II ON EVE OF EP VOTE.