European Social Policy - AZ
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS : PARLIAMENT'S FEMM COMMITTEE HAS DIFFICULTY MAKING VOICE HEARD.
- EMPLOYMENT : NEW STUDY HIGHLIGHTS POTENTIAL OF HIGH-TECH JOBS.
- EMPLOYMENT : WILL EU ACT ON SOCIAL DUMPING?
- SOCIAL POLICY : ECJ: PARENTAL LEAVE ALLOWANCE CONSTITUTES FAMILY BENEFIT.
- EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY COUNCIL : MINISTERS SEAL DEAL ON POSTING OF WORKERS.
- SOCIAL POLICY : PLATFORM AGAINST POVERTY: CONVENTION SOUNDS ALARM.
- COHESION POLICY : COMPROMISE AT LAST ON STRUCTURAL FUNDS 2014-2020.
- HEALTH : EFSA CONFIRMES ASPARTAME NOT HARMFUL TO HUMAN HEALTH.
- SOCIAL HOUSING : FRENCH AID DISPUTED IN COMPLAINT TO COMMISSION.
- EUROPEAN COUNCIL : SOCIAL PARTNERS' PLEA TO EU LEADERS.
- CITIZENSHIP : DISCRIMINATION CONTINUES DESPITE LAWS.
- FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION : BURGEONING 'ANTI-ROMA WALLS'IN EUROPE.
- MEDICINES : ORPHACOL MARKET AUTHORISATION NOT A DONE DEAL.
- HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL : EU CALLED ON TO ACT AFTER LAMPEDUSA TRAGEDY.
- HEALTH : COREPER ENDORSES COMPROMISE ON FUTURE HEALTH PROGRAMME.
- OPEN FORUM : FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT AGENCY WORK DIRECTIVE HURTING EU'S JOBLESS.
- FREE MOVEMENT : CAMERON CONCERNED OVER ROMANIAN AND BULGARIAN WORKERS.
- SOCIAL POLICY : POSTING OF WORKERS: RULES AND LOOPHOLES.
- EDUCATION : EU-OECD SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS SKILLS DEFICITS.
- STATE AID : COURT RESHUFFLES CARDS ON AID FOR SOCIAL HOUSING.
- SOCIAL SECURITY : COMMISSION SEEKS TO BOOST COORDINATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS.
- IMMIGRATION : DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISOR BLASTS SMART BORDERS PROJECT.
- FREE MOVEMENT : GERMAN COURT GIVES PRIORITY TO EU LAW ON SOCIAL BENEFITS.
- SOCIAL POLICY : CITIZENS' INITIATIVE ON UNIVERSAL INCOME.
- FOODSTUFFS : FOOD FOR VULNERABLE PERSONS: EP GIVES GREEN LIGHT.
- ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION : FIVE INDICATORS TO IDENTIFY SOCIAL IMBALANCES.
- IMMIGRATION : GREECE FACES FRESH ACCUSATIONS OVER PUSH-BACKS OF MIGRANTS.
- PHARMACEUTICALS : ORPHACOL: SMASHING VICTORY FOR LAB.
- EU/SWITZERLAND : FREE MOVEMENT IN DANGER.
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS : EQUAL RIGHTS ARE ONE THING, ON THE FIELD IT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER.
- HEALTH : DENTAL AMALGAM: COMMISSION REOPENS DEBATE.
- EUROPEAN COUNCIL/SOCIAL POLICY : SUMMIT TIMIDLY REINFORCES EMU'S SOCIAL DIMENSION.
- EMPLOYMENT : HIGH-LEVEL CALL FOR MORE INCLUSIVE EUROPE.
- TOBACCO PRODUCTS : PROS AND CONS OF MOST CONTROVERSIAL MEASURES.
- COHESION POLICY : EP PLENARY ENDORSES STRUCTURAL FUNDS 2014-2020.
- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP : ASIA ALSO INTERESTED.
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS : NORWAY, PIONEER IN QUOTAS FOR WOMEN ON BOARDS.
- ASYLUM : EP ADOPTS EUROSUR BUT RESCUE AT SEA STILL NEEDS TO BE ALIGNED.
- GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND : ECA HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT EGF'S EFFECTIVENESS.
- INTERVIEW WITH NICOLAS HAZARD, VICE-CHAIR, GROUPE SOS : CHALLENGE OF ATTRACTING INVESTORS.
- DRUGS : LEGAL HIGHS: COMMISSION PROPOSES QUICKER RESPONSE.
- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP : KEY FIGURES ON SOCIAL ECONOMY.
- AIR TRANSPORT : FLIGHT TIME: PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL AFTER ALL.
- EUROPEAN COUNCIL/IMMIGRATION : UNION WANTS TO ADDRESS "CAUSES OF IMMIGRATION".
- TOBACCO PRODUCTS : REGULATING RISING USE OF E-CIGARETTES.
- COHESION POLICY/EMPLOYMENT : STRUCTURAL FUNDS: COMMISSION SEES SIGNIFICANT RESULTS.
- INTERVIEW WITH MEP PERVENCHE BERES (S&D, FRANCE) : 'ME, COMMISSIONER IN 2014? THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA'.
- INTERVIEW WITH ETIENNE DAVIGNON, FORMER INDUSTRY COMMISSIONER (1977-1984) : 'COMMISSION STILL HAS THE RIGHT OF INITIATIVE'.
- EMPLOYMENT : ROAD MAP TO TACKLE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT.
- HEALTH : MEPS TIGHTEN SURVEILLANCE OF MEDICAL DEVICES.
- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP : RENEWED EU COMMITMENT.
- FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS : SURVEY: ONE WOMAN IN THREE VICTIM OF VIOLENCE.
- EUROPEAN COUNCIL : LAMPEDUSA TRAGEDY PUTS IMMIGRATION ON EU AGENDA.
- SOCIAL POLICY : ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING: EXEC PRESENTS QUALITY FRAMEWORK.
- EUROPEAN COUNCIL : SIX BILLION 'OR MORE' FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT.
- MEDICAL DEVICES : NEW MEASURES PROPOSED TO PREVENT ANOTHER BREAST IMPLANT SCANDAL.
- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP : ONE RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS.
- IMMIGRATION : EP WANTS BINDING RULES ON SEA RESCUE.
- AIR TRANSPORT : DECISION TIME FOR US ON NORWEGIAN IN KEY OPEN SKY CASE.
- CONSUMERS : FOOD ALERT SYSTEM WORKING WELL - REPORT.
- RETIREMENT : NEW PENSION FUND RULES BY AUTUMN.
- EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : SOCIAL ASPECTS OF COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS OKAYED.
- EDUCATION/MOBILITY : EU IDENTIFIES NATIONAL BARRIERS TO STUDENT MOBILITY.
- JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL : FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS: MINISTERS AIM TO IDENTIFY ABUSES.
- MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION : NEW SYNTHETIC DRUG USE ON INCREASE IN EUROPE - REPORT.
- INTERVIEW WITH LINDA MCAVAN, EP RAPPORTEUR ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE : 'I DON'T SEE WHY WE SHOULD PUT OFF THE VOTE'.
- INTERNAL MARKET : REGULATED PROFESSIONS: COMMISSION TO ASSESS OBSTACLES.
- FREE MOVEMENT : BERNE WANTS TO REASSURE EU.
- ASYLUM : PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR HUMANITARIAN CONFERENCE ON SYRIA.
- IN SPAIN, YOUNG PEOPLE FOOT THE BILL.
- HEALTH : PARLIAMENT INTENT ON BOOSTING SUPERVISION OF MEDICAL DEVICES.
- INTERVIEW WITH SERGIO CARRERA, RESEARCH FELLOW, CEPS : EU-TURKEY AGREEMENT ON READMISSION OF MIGRANTS "A TICKET TO CLOSER SECURITY COOPERATION".
- YOUTH EMPLOYMENT : SOCIAL PARTNERS SPELL OUT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
- NOVEL FOODS : EXEC PROPOSES BAN ON CLONING FOR FOOD PRODUCTION.
- HEALTH : TOBACCO DIRECTIVE: MEPS WATER DOWN PROPOSAL.
- PENSIONS : OCCUPATIONAL RETIREMENT PROVISION: COURT CONDEMNS PRAGUE AGAIN.
- YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT : LEADERS DEVOTE TWO MEETINGS TO PROBLEM.
- EMPLOYMENT : YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT BACK ON EP PLENARY'S AGENDA.
- EMPLOYMENT : IN PARIS, EU LEADERS TACKLE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT.
- EUROPEAN COUNCIL/EMU : SOCIAL INDICATORS: LEADERS REJECT REMEDIAL APPROACH.
- SCHENGEN REFORM : AGREEMENT REACHED ON GOVERNANCE PACKAGE.
- TRIPARTITE SOCIAL SUMMIT : SOCIAL PARTNERS WANT GREATER INVOLVEMENT IN EUROPEAN SEMESTER.
- MATERNITY LEAVE : ADVOCATES-GENERAL DISAGREE ON SURROGACY.
- HEALTH COUNCIL : TOBACCO: MINISTERS LIFT BAN ON SLIM CIGARETTES.
- HOME AFFAIRS : CONVINCING STATES AND BUSINESSES THAT MIGRATION IS AN ASSET.
- POSTING OF WORKERS : SUBCONTRACTING ISSUE SCUPPERS NEGOTIATIONS.
- OPEN FORUM : MANIFESTO TOWARDS AN AGE-FRIENDLY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT.
- FREE MOVEMENT : ECJ: TURKISH NATIONALS SUBJECT TO VISA REQUIREMENT.
- CITIZENSHIP : TWELVE MEASURES TO REINFORCE CITIZENS' RIGHTS.
- HEALTH : MEPS ESCALATE WAR ON TOBACCO.
- EMPLOYMENT : MEPS BACK COMPROMISE ON GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND.
- EU/UKRAINE : KYIV SEEKS GAS SUPPLY SECURITY, EUROPE FEARS NEW CRISIS.
- EU/SWITZERLAND : SWISS TRADING ON FREE MOVEMENT STRONGLY CRITICISED.
- BANKING SERVICES : COMMISSION AIMS TO GUARANTEE RIGHT TO BASIC BANK ACCOUNT.
- GENDER EQUALITY : WOMEN'S PENSIONS 39% LOWER THAN MEN'S IN EU - REPORT.
- HEALTH : MEPS URGED TO SAVE E-CIGARETTES.
- WORKERS' RIGHTS : COMMISSION PROPOSES IMPROVEMENTS FOR SEAFARERS.
- ECONOMIC POLICY : MEPS QUESTION COMMISSION'S GROWTH-ORIENTED POLICY MIX.
- TOBACCO PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE : MEMBER STATES ACCEPT COMPROMISE.
- HEALTH : WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY: EUROPE REVIEWS THE DAMAGE.
- EDUCATION : COMMISSION PROPOSES QUALITY FRAMEWORK FOR TRAINEESHIPS.
- EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY COUNCIL : MINISTERS SEAL DEAL ON POSTING OF WORKERS.
- GERMANY : MINIMUM WAGE - OR EUROBONDS.
- YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT : COR WANTS URGENT ACTION.
- EDUCATION : LUXEMBOURG'S EDUCATION AID SCHEME RULED DISCRIMINATORY.
- EDUCATION : PARLIAMENT GREEN-LIGHTS ERASMUS PLUS.
- EMPLOYMENT : TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON POSTING OF WORKERS.
- HEALTH : DIANE 35: PARIS CALLS BACK ALL STOCK IN SPITE OF PRAC OPINION.
- ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION : ONE STEP CLOSER TO EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEM.
- EUROPEAN COUNCIL : UNIONS QUESTION IMPACT OF TRIPARTITE SOCIAL SUMMIT.
- MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK : SCHULZ AND KENNY STRIKE POLITICAL DEAL ON MFF.
- YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT : ONE YOUNG PERSON IN FOUR JOBLESS IN EU.
- EU/US : NORWEGIAN'S TRANSATLANTIC AMBITIONS A TEST CASE FOR OPEN SKY.
- INTERVIEW WITH MEP MIKAEL GUSTAFSSON (GUE-NGL, SWEDEN) : "THERE IS STILL SO MUCH WORK AHEAD".
- IMMIGRATION : ASYLUM: SOME MEMBER STATES HAVE MORE WORK TO DO THAN OTHERS.
- SECURITY : EU CREATES PLATFORM TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
- MINI-SUMMIT ON EMPLOYMENT.
- IMMIGRATION/ASYLUM : EP: COMMISSION'S WORK ON UNACCOMPANIED MINORS NOT SATISFACTORY.
- EMPLOYMENT : COMPANIES COMMIT TO HIRING YOUNG EUROPEANS.
- FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS : EU VALUES: PLEA IN EP FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION.
- WORKING CONDITIONS : PAY GAP BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN PERSISTS - REPORT.
- HEALTH : TOBACCO DIRECTIVE: PARLIAMENT VALIDATES COMPROMISE.
- FOOD SAFETY/ASPARTAME : ASPARTAME CONTROVERSY COINCIDES WITH AUTHORISATION OF STEVIA.
- FIGHT AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS : MODERN-DAY SLAVERY: MEMBER STATES' WAIT-AND-SEE POLICY DENOUNCED.
- EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : AGREEMENT ON PORTABILITY OF SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION RIGHTS.
- IMMIGRATION : MORE ASYLUM SEEKERS ADMITTED TO EU.
- PHILIP MORRIS JUSTIFIES ITSELF.
- SOCIAL POLICY : SLIGHT DECLINE IN SOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDING IN EU.
- SOCIAL POLICY : COURT CLARIFIES RULES ON COMPENSATION FOR UNFAIR DISMISSAL.
- UNEMPLOYMENT : EUROZONE JOBLESS RATE HITS RECORD 12.2%.
- TOBACCO DIRECTIVE : AGRI RED CARD TO PROPOSED BAN ON MENTHOL AND SLIM CIGARETTES.
- COMPANY LAW : MORE WOMEN DIRECTORS NEEDED, MEPS AND MPS AGREE.
- SPORT : COMMISSION LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
- SOCIAL POLICY : PLIGHT OF JOBLESS YOUTH TOPS LEADERS' AGENDA.
- YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE : CPMR CALCULATES REGIONS' SHARE.
- TOBACCO TALKS ROLL ON.
- FREE MOVEMENT 'A BENEFIT FOR EUROPE' - REDING.
- HEALTH : PROVISIONAL DEAL REACHED ON CLINICAL TRIALS REGULATION.
- EU/SWITZERLAND : BERNE PULLS USELESS EMERGENCY BRAKE ON FREE MOVEMENT.
- SCHENGEN AREA : FEWER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SPOTTED, SAYS REPORT.
- EMPLOYMENT : COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPRENTICESHIP/TRAINING CONTRACTS.
- HEALTH : NEW EP INTEREST GROUP TO ADDRESS HEALTH INEQUALITIES.
- RAIL TRANSPORT : EUROPEAN DAY OF ACTION AGAINST RAIL LIBERALISATION.
- CITIZENSHIP : DECLINE IN GRANTS OF CITIZENSHIP IN MEMBER STATES.
- EDUCATION : TRAINEESHIP FRAMEWORK: REMUNERATION A BASIC RIGHT, SAYS EYF.
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS : DIFFICULT RACE TO THE TOP.
- EMPLOYMENT : COMMISSION SET TO PROPOSE QUALITY FRAMEWORK FOR RESTRUCTURING.
- SOCIAL POLICY COUNCIL : COMPANY BOARDS: MINISTERS STILL DIVIDED OVER GENDER BALANCE.
- SOCIAL EXCLUSION : QUARTER OF POPULATION AT RISK OF POVERTY OR EXCLUSION.
- INTERVIEW WITH MORANDO SOFFRITTI, SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR, RAMAZZINI INSTITUTE : 'PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN SHOULD AVOID CONSUMING PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN ASPARTAME'.
- INTEGRATION : COMMISSION RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS FOR ROMA.
- TOBACCO DIRECTIVE : NGOS UNCOVER CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR RAPPORTEUR.
- WORKING CONDITIONS : DOMESTIC WORK: MEMBER STATES CAN SIGN ILO CONVENTION 189.
- TAXATION : PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD ON EMPLOYEES.
- TOBACCO PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE : E-CIGARETTES: EP AND COUNCIL STILL AT ODDS.
- EDUCATION : TRAINEESHIPS: SURVEY SHOWS SHORTCOMINGS.
- MATERNITY LEAVE : EP WOMEN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE MAY HAVE TO GIVE UP ITS BABY.
- SOCIAL POLICY COUNCIL : CONSENSUS ON COOPERATION BETWEEN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
- IMMIGRATION : ROME THREATENED WITH SANCTIONS FOR MISTREATMENT OF MIGRANTS.
- INTERNAL MARKET : PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: AGREEMENT WITHIN REACH.
- EDUCATION : FOREIGN LANGUAGE LECTURERS' 33-YEAR WAIT FOR ITALIAN JUSTICE.
- EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK : EIB BOOSTS ACTION FOR SMES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT.
- INTERNAL MARKET : PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: MEPS ENDORSE AGREEMENT.
- GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND : EGF CONTRIBUTIONS SLASHED BY HALF IN 2012.
- EMPLOYMENT : VACANCIES AND HIRINGS DOWN IN EU.
- IMMIGRATION/EMPLOYMENT : COMPROMISE FOUND ON SEASONAL WORKERS' RIGHTS.
- HEALTH : SEASONAL FLU VACCINATION: EU NOWHERE NEAR ITS TARGET.
- LABOUR FORCE : FOREIGN WORKERS ACCOUNT FOR 7% OF OVERALL EMPLOYMENT.
- CLINICAL TRIALS : COUNCIL MAKING SLOWER PROGRESS THAN MEPS.
- EMPLOYMENT/HEALTH : PARLIAMENT ENDORSES RULES ON ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS.
- SOCIAL POLICY : EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION PROGRAMME GETS GREEN LIGHT.
- EMPLOYMENT : REPORT HIGHLIGHTS GROWING JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH CARE SECTOR.
- MEDICINES : GREEN LIGHT FOR ORPHACOL.
- UNEMPLOYMENT : JOBLESS RATE STABLE AT OVER 10% IN EU.
- GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND : EGF HELPS WORKERS IN GERMANY, FINLAND AND DENMARK.
- ENVIRONMENT/HEALTH : DIRECTIVE ON PROTECTION AGAINST IONISING RADIATION ADOPTED.
- DEAL STRUCK ON PROGRAMME FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION.
- UNEMPLOYMENT : EU JOBLESS RATE STABILISES.
- SOCIAL POLICY : RESTRUCTURING: ETUC SENDS FORMAL COMPLAINT TO EU OMBUDSMAN.
- LABOUR : HOURLY COSTS RISING MORE SLOWLY.
- UNEMPLOYMENT : JOBLESS RATE DOWN SLIGHTLY IN EU.
- EQUAL TREATMENT : ECJ RULES ON DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
- MEDICINE PRICING : PRAGMATIC COMPROMISE' WITH MEPS ON DIRECTIVE.
- EDUCATION AND YOUTH COUNCIL : IMPROVING TEACHING QUALITY TO EMERGE FROM CRISIS.
- EDUCATION : PUBLIC SPENDING ON EDUCATION DOWN IN EU, SAYS OECD REPORT.
- INTERVIEW WITH GIUSEPPE PORCARO, SECRETARY-GENERAL, EUROPEAN YOUTH FORUM : 'EU NEEDS TO INVEST IN NEW JOBS FOR THE LONG TERM'.
- INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY COUNCIL : SOCIAL DIMENSION OF EMU: MINISTERS WANT TO BE INVOLVED.
- UNEMPLOYMENT : JOBLESS RATE AT A STABLE HIGH.
- SOCIAL POLICY : EP VALIDATES EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION PROGRAMME.
- HEALTH : MEPS SEE NEED FOR BOOSTER SHOT TO E-HEALTH.
- IMMIGRATION : EUROPEAN PRESS ACCUSED OF GIVING MIGRANTS A HARD TIME.
- SOCIAL POLICY : UNIONS CALL FOR NEW INVESTMENT PLAN.
- INTERVIEW WITH GORDON MOFFAT, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, EUROFER : 'PROLIFERATION OF LEGISLATION UNDERMINES OUR COMPETITIVENESS'.
- FOOD SAFETY/ASPARTAME : SCIENTISTS QUESTION EFSA'S INTEGRITY.
- EUROPEAN GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND : IRISH EGF COMPROMISE FAILS.
- ECDC ON NEW MIDDLE EAST CORONAVIRUS.
- GROWTH/EMPLOYMENT : RECOVERY: COMMISSION URGES STATES TO DO THEIR SHARE.
- EUROSTAT ON TRANSITION BETWEEN EDUCATION AND LABOUR MARKET.
- BUDGET : SOCIAL FUND: COMMISSION INCREASES COMMITMENTS FOR 2013.
- DEMOGRAPHY : EU POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW.