Nbr. 2009, December 2009

Index

• SPIDLA 'DELIGHTED' AT ADOPTION OF WORKS COUNCILS DIRECTIVE.
• WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE : COUNCIL CONTEMPLATES SECOND-READING DEBATE.
• IMMIGRATION : EU BORDERS: COMMISSION ADOPTS 12 NATIONAL PROGRAMMES.
• EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : FRENCH PRESIDENCY LOOKS BACK ON 'FRUITFUL YEAR'.
• HEALTH COUNCIL : COUNCIL TAKES ACTION AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
• HEALTH COUNCIL : HEALTH SECURITY: NEW COMMUNICATION DUE IN 2010.
• EP ON STRUCTURAL FUND CO-FINANCING.
• IMMIGRATION/HEALTH : ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS EXCLUDED FROM HEALTH CARE, SAYS NGO.
• WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE : PARLIAMENT BACKS CERCAS REPORT WITH UNEXPECTED MAJORITY.
• INTERNAL MARKET : HOMEOPATHIC PRACTITIONERS WANT BETTER REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.
• THE FIGHT GOES ON.
• DEMOGRAPHICS : EU POPULATION GROWS, MAINLY DUE TO MIGRATION.
• GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND : EGF SUPPORT FOR ITALIAN TEXTILE WORKERS.
• SOCIAL PARTNERS : REPORT REVEALS DIFFERENCES IN TACKLING WORK-RELATED STRESS.
• TRAINING : EU TO FACILITATE SKILLS MATCHING TO LABOUR MARKET NEEDS.
• EMPLOYMENT : CRISIS STARTS TO BITE.
• EMPLOYMENT : COMMON PRINCIPLES REMAIN NECESSARY, FLEXICURITY MISSION FINDS.
• CROSS-BORDER HEALTH CARE : LONG-TERM CARE LIKELY TO FALL OUT OF SCOPE.
• GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND : COMMISSION TO UPGRADE EGF.
• POPULATION : NUMBER OF NEW EU CITIZENS STEADILY INCREASING.
• FREE MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE RIGHTS : COMMISSION TO PUT OUT GUIDELINES ON PROBLEM POINTS.
• MEDICINES : COMMISSION PRESENTS REVISED AND SOFTENED PHARMA PACKAGE.
• PUBLIC HEALTH : NEW DIRECTIVE AIMS TO BOOST ORGAN DONATION.
• JUSTICE/HEALTH : COUNCIL APPROVES NEW ACTION PLAN ON DRUGS.
• RESTRUCTURING : SOCIAL PARTNERS TO MONITOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS.
• TRANSPARENCY : LOBBYIST REGISTER PROGRESSES SLOWLY.
• PATIENT SAFETY : NEW RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT HOSPITAL INFECTIONS.
• HEALTH WORKERS : GREEN PAPER TACKLES HEALTH WORKERS' SHORTAGE AND MIGRATION.
• IMMIGRATION : HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATIONS WANT RETURNS DIRECTIVE SCRAPPED.
• MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION.
• CARL CEDERSCHIOLD ELECTED CEEP PRESIDENT.
• EP INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE MOBILITY IN EDUCATION.
• CO-FINANCING OF STRUCTURAL FUNDS SIMPLIFIED.
• JUSTICE : MEPS RECOMMEND UNION-WIDE RECOGNITION OF INCAPACITY MANDATES.
• HUSTINX ENTERS SECOND TERM.
• FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS : RESTRICTIONS TO STAY ON BULGARIAN AND ROMANIAN CITIZENS.
• JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS : CHILD PROTECTION ON INTERNET COMING TO FORE.
• SOCIAL POLICY : LIBERAL CZECHS TO PUT SOCIAL POLICY ON BACK BURNER.
• EU/SWITZERLAND FREE MOVEMENT.
• SOCIAL POLICY : SOCIALISTS SLAM CZECH PRESIDENT'S VISION.
• UNEMPLOYMENT : EU JOBLESS RATE CONTINUES CLIMB.
• ECONOMY : ECONOMIC CLIMATE MOST SOMBRE SINCE 1985.
• MORE STATES LIFT LABOUR RESTRICTIONS.
• TALENT FORUM TO BECOME BIANNUAL.
• AIR TRANSPORT : PILOTS' FLIGHT TIMES TOO LONG, SAYS STUDY.
• WORKING TIME : THE IMPOSSIBLE COMPROMISE.
• FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT : COMMISSION TARGETS FOUR MEMBER STATES.
• TRADE UNIONS : CONTROVERSY ERUPTS OVER PRESS RELEASE.
• ECONOMIC CRISIS : ETUC WANTS CLEAR AND FOCUSED SOCIAL INITIATIVES.
• ETUC FINDS SANCTIONS DIRECTIVE 'DANGEROUS'.
• POSTED WORKERS : MEPS CHALLENGE COMMISSION OVER POSTED WORKERS DIRECTIVEE.
• ANTI-DISCRIMINATION JOURNALISM AWARD.
• WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE : COUNCIL: 'UNTIL EVERYTHING IS AGREED, NOTHING IS AGREED'.
• POSTED WORKERS DIRECTIVE : PRESIDENCY RELUCTANT TO SPEED UP REVISION.
• CHILD CARE : MEMBER STATES WRESTLE WITH DEFINING BEST INTEREST OF CHILD'.
• FAMILY POLICY : PRESIDENCY QUESTIONS BARCELONA CHILD CARE TARGETS.
• TRADE UNIONS : RESEARCHERS EXPLORE WAGE DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS EU.
• IMMIGRATION : EU TO PENALISE EMPLOYERS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
• ECONOMIC CRISIS : STRUCTURED INDUSTRIAL DIALOGUE CAN PREVENT SOCIAL UNREST.
• EP MOVES TO PROTECT CHILDREN.
• CHILD CARE : MEPS WANT MEMBER STATES TO MEET THEIR COMMITMENTS.
• CHILD CARE : CZECH PRESIDENCY EXPLAINS ITSELF.
• IMMIGRATION : EP POSTPONES FORMAL ADOPTION OF SANCTIONS DIRECTIVE.
• MEPS WANT ACTION ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
• UNEMPLOYMENT : JOBLESS RATE HEADING BACK UP.
• EMPLOYMENT : REPORT URGES 'RAPID, RELEVANT AND COORDINATED ACTION'.
• OPEN FORUM : MEETING EUROPE'S DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE: WHAT POLITICAL STAKES?
• JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS : ASYLUM, IMMIGRATION, JUSTICE: WHAT'S IN STORE FOR 2009?
• EU/SWITZERLAND : SWISS OPEN DOORS TO ROMANIAN AND BULGARIAN WORKERS.
• SECTOR ACCOUNTS : LITTLE CHANGE IN SAVING AND INVESTMENT RATES.
• CONSUMER PROTECTION : KUNEVA PONDERS MP3 PLAYER SAFETY.
• EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT.
• HOME AFFAIRS : COMMISSION PROPOSES EUROPEAN ASYLUM SUPPORT OFFICE.
• SAFETY OF CHILDREN : MISSING CHILDREN HOTLINE STILL NOT UP ACROSS EU.
• FREE MOVEMENT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS : EP ADVOCATES EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL CARD.
• ERASMUS FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS.
• NOTARIES: DISCRIMINATION IN PORTUGAL.
• SOCIAL DIALOGUE : MEMBER STATES FAIL TO TRANSPOSE DIRECTIVE ON EMPLOYEE CONSULTATION.
• IMMIGRATION : EP ENDORSES PENALTIES FOR EMPLOYERS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
• SOCIAL ECONOMY : MEPS HIGHLIGHT BENEFITS OF THIRD SECTOR'.
• THREE-WAY TUG OF WAR.
• AGRICULTURE/SOCIAL POLICY : GERMANY CHALLENGES FOOD AID PROGRAMME.
• ILO HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR DECENT WORK'.
• WORKING TIME : TALKS GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES.
• WORKING CONDITIONS : MEPS WANT RESPONSIBLE SUBCONTRACTING PRACTICES.
• LABOUR ACTIONS CAUSING CONCERNS.
• GLOBALISATION FUND : FUNDING APPROVED FOR SPANISH CAR INDUSTRY.
• INTERNAL MARKET : FREE MOVEMENT OF BULGARIANS AND ROMANIANS: ECJ CONDEMNS FRANCE.
• INTERNET : SOCIAL NETWORKS PLEDGE TO PROTECT CHILDREN BETTER.
• LAWYERS: BULGARIA IN BREACH OF LAW.
• COMMISSION WARNS SPAIN ON PENSIONER HEALTH CARE.
• HIGHER EDUCATION : STUDY SINGS PRAISES OF ERASMUS PROGRAMME.
• EDUCATION COUNCIL : MEMBER STATES WANT LESS AMBITIOUS EDUCATION OBJECTIVES.
• MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION DIRECTIVE ADOPTED.
• UNEMPLOYMENT : JOBLESS RATE VARIES WIDELY ACROSS EUROPE'S REGIONS.
• COMPANY LAW : NEW CONSULTATION ON EUROPEAN FOUNDATION STATUTE.
• EDUCATION : EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CLOSE TO TARGET, STUDY FINDS.
• ERASMUS MUNDUS EXTENDED.
• WORKERS' HEALTH AND SAFETY : EMPLOYERS OPPOSE EU-WIDE ANTI-SMOKING LEGISLATION.
• ASYLUM : SOUTHERN COUNTRIES CONTEND FOR EUROPEAN SUPPORT OFFICE.