Nbr. 2010, November 2010

Index

• FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS : SURVEY FINDS DISCRIMINATION RAMPANT ACROSS UNION.
• COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCY : COURT CLARIFIES LAW IN CASE OF DEATH OF EMPLOYER.
• PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : FIVE MEMBER STATES LATE IN IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE.
• MIGRATION : FOREIGN NATIONALS' ACCOUNT FOR 6.2% OF EU POPULATION.
• NO VOTE ON CRUCIFIXES IN SCHOOLS.
• COMMISSION : VASSILIOU TO TAKE ON EDUCATION, LANGUAGES, CULTURE & YOUTH PORTFOLIO.
• COMMISSION : MALTESE DALLI TO TAKE UP HEALTH AND CONSUMER PORTFOLIO.
• EUROPEAN YEAR FOR COMBATING POVERTY : MEMBER STATES DONATE 17 MN EURO.
• EUROPEAN COUNCIL : SUMMIT URGES STRONGER MEMBER STATE INVOLVEMENT IN 2020 STRATEGY'.
• JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS/EUROPEAN COUNCIL : SUMMIT ENDORSES STOCKHOLM PROGRAMME.
• EUROBAROMETER : JOB CRISIS EUROPEANS' GREATEST CONCERN.
• EMPLOYMENT : REPORT: NO RECOVERY IN SIGHT BEFORE 2011.
• ECONOMIC CRISIS : INSTITUTIONS AT LOGGERHEADS OVER FUNDING FOR MICROFINANCE FACILITY.
• RAIL DEMONSTRATIONS IN BRUSSELS.
• 2020 STRATEGY : MEPS WANT MORE REFINED AND SPECIFIC TARGETS.
• COUNCIL OF MINISTERS : SPAIN HOPES TO BOOST EU'S SOCIAL DIMENSION.
• 2020 STRATEGY : STAKEHOLDERS CRITICAL OF POST-LISBON CONSULTATION PAPER.
• JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS : SPAIN TO REKINDLE WORK ON CROSSBORDER DIVORCE.
• ECONOMIC CRISIS : SOCIAL DIALOGUE TO BE LAUNCHED FOR EU METAL INDUSTRY.
• HEALTH AND CONSUMERS : ORGANS, HEALTH INEQUALITIES & CONSUMER HEAD SPANISH PRIORITIES.
• EMPLOYMENT : EMPLOYMENT RATE CONTINUES TO FALL IN EU.
• UNEMPLOYMENT : EU JOBLESS RATE REACHES TEN-YEAR HIGH.
• MOBILISATION OF GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND.
• VACCINATION AGAINST SEASONAL INFLUENZA.
• COMMISSION : HUNGARIAN ECONOMIST TO TAKE OVER FROM SPIDLA.
• AGE DISCRIMINATION : ECJ CLARIFIES RULES ON DIFFERENCE OF TREATMENT BASED ON AGE.
• REDING STRESSES CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FOR NEW POST.
• EU POPULATION AT 500 MILLION.
• COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS : NEW EU STRATEGY: REGIONS WANT TO BE PARTNERS.
• LABOUR LAW : ECJ: GERMAN RULES VIOLATE PRINCIPLE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION.
• DISCRIMINATION : SPAIN PLEDGES TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY.
• LABOUR LAW : PATERNITY LEAVE PLANS DIVIDE MEPS.
• EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND : COURT OF AUDITORS: TRAINING ACTIONS FOR WOMEN NOT SATISFACTORY.
• TRADE UNION : ETUC WANTS PUBLIC SPENDING ON EMPLOYMENT MAINTAINED.
• MEDICINES : MEPS WELCOME UPDATES ON PHARMACOVIGILANCE.
• WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE : SECTORAL REVISION AN OPTION, SAY EU SOCIAL PARTNERS.
• METALWORKERS LAUNCH SOCIAL DIALOGUE.
• ANTI-TERRORISM : ECJ: FREEZE OF FUNDS DOES NOT INCLUDE BENEFITS PAID TO SPOUSES.
• VASSILIOU TO FIGHT FOR MORE GENEROUS EDUCATION BUDGET.
• MALTESE DALLI WRAPS MEPS AROUND HIS FINGER.
• AUTO INDUSTRY : OPEL'S ANTWERP WORKERS COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR EU FUNDS.
• FREE MOVEMENT OF SERVICES : JUDGES STRIKE DOWN GERMAN RESTRICTIONS ON POLISH WORKERS.
• STUDENTS ON EU2020 STRATEGY.
• COUNCIL PRESIDENCY : ETUC ASKS MADRID TO CONCENTRATE ON JOBS AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
• PUBLIC HEALTH : COMMISSION SATISFIED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF BLOOD DIRECTIVE'.
• JHA COUNCIL : NEW ACTION PLAN ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
• ECONOMIC SENTIMENT INDICATORS : EU ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK - EUROSTAT.
• INFRINGEMENT PROCEDURES : COMMISSION ACTS ON EQUALITY, HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WORKERS.
• PHARMACEUTICALS PACKAGE : INTERNAL MARKET COMMITTEE SEEKS FINE-TUNING ON SEVERAL POINTS.
• PUBLIC SERVICE BODY WEIGHS IN TO EU2020 DEBATE.
• HUNGARY'S ANDOR PUTS IN CONVINCING PERFORMANCE.
• ECONOMIC CRISIS : MEP BERES SLAMS EU'S LACK OF SOLIDARITY.
• LIVING CONDITIONS : 17% OF EU POPULATION AT RISK OF POVERTY.
• LITHUANIA TO RECEIVE EGF MONEY.
• EU LABOUR MARKET: PACE OF DETERIORATION EASING.
• SOCIAL SITUATION : SATISFACTION LEVELS VARY WIDELY ACROSS UNION.
• SERVICES DIRECTIVE : SURVEY: 18 MEMBER STATES FAIL ON IMPLEMENTATION.
• ROAD TRANSPORT : MEPS STILL SPLIT OVER WORKING TIME FOR SELF-EMPLOYED DRIVERS.
• UNEMPLOYMENT : EU JOBLESS RATE HITS TEN-YEAR HIGH.
• EGF-MONEY FOR LITHUANIAN WORKERS.
• PRIORITY ON EMPLOYMENT.
• INTERNET : COMMISSION FRETS OVER CHILD PROTECTION.
• EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL : YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT: A MATTER OF TRAINING.
• EMPLOYMENT/TRAINING : CALL FOR ACTION TO RAISE QUALIFICATION LEVELS.
• EU2020 : BUSINESSEUROPE CALLS FOR MORE R&D SPENDING.
• EMPLOYMENT : PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL AGREE ON MICROFINANCE FACILITY.
• ROAD TRANSPORT : WORKING TIME OF SELF-EMPLOYED STILL SPARKS DISAGREEMENT IN EP.
• WORKING CONDITIONS : EP COMMITTEE TO EXTEND MATERNITY LEAVE.
• SMES : ERASMUS FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS SHOWS STRONG TRACK RECORD.
• GERMAN STATE AID AUTHORISED.
• EMPLOYMENT : HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTORS NOT WON OVER BY EUROPE.
• EUROPE 2020 : TOUGHER JOBS TARGET ON CARDS FOR NEXT DECADE.
• IMMIGRATION : FRONTEX: COMMISSION WANTS MANDATORY COMMITMENTS.
• TO TRANSLATE (EN) : AIDE AUX TRAVAILLEURS ALLEMANDS ET LITUANIENS.
• EU/NORTHERN CYPRUS : COMMUNITY FUNDING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND YOUTH EXCHANGES.
• EDUCATION COUNCIL : MINISTERS TO DISCUSS EDUCATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO EU2020 STRATEGY.
• HEALTH : SUNBEDS: POOR RESULTS, NEW PROGRAMME.
• ETUC: INFORMAL SUMMIT 'NOT A GOOD START'.
• STRUCTURAL FUNDS : MORE MONEY FOR HOUSING FOR MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES.
• GENDER EQUALITY : MEPS WANT EU EXECUTIVE TO TACKLE VIOLENCE AND PATERNITY LEAVE.
• EP SETS UP YOUTH INTERGROUP.
• EMPLOYMENT : EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK STILL DIM FOR 2010.
• FREE MOVEMENT : COURT SPELLS OUT RIGHT OF RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS.
• IMMIGRATION : EP STUDY STRIKES OUT AT ASYLUM POLICIES IN EUROPE.
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE : EESC PROPOSES MAINSTREAMING INTEGRATION.
• HEALTH : MEP OANA ANTONESCU SUPPORTS ROMANIAN JUNK FOOD TAX.
• JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: PARIS AND ROME SPEAK IN UNISON.
• JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL : MINISTERS ADOPT 29 MEASURES TO FIGHT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
• EDUCATION : COMMISSION REPORT WARNS OF HIGHER EDUCATION CUTS.
• SOCIAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL : ENHANCED PROTECTION FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
• EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL : MINISTERS APPROVE EXTENSION OF PARENTAL LEAVE.
• EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : MINISTERS DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF 2020 OBJECTIVES.
• GENDER EQUALITY : SEFCOVIC OUTLINES NEW EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STRATEGY FOR COMMISSION.
• SOCIAL PROTECTION : JOINT REPORT RECOMMENDS ADDITIONAL POST-CRISIS MEASURES.
• SOCIAL DIALOGUE : SURVEY AND SEMINAR EXPLORE LIMITS OF FLEXICURITY.
• EUROPE 2020 : SOCIO-ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS PINPOINT WEAKNESSES.
• FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY : MEPS DISAPPOINTED BY 2020 PLAN'S LACK OF AMBITION.
• 2011 BUDGET : PARLIAMENT WANTS TO CONCENTRATE ON YOUNG PEOPLE.
• EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES : EP CALLS FOR QUALITATIVE LEAP ON GENDER EQUALITY.
• EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY COUNCIL : MINISTERS PREPARE SPRING EUROPEAN COUNCIL.