EP SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT GUIDELINES.

The European Parliament has given the go-ahead to extend guidelines for employment policies decided in 2010 (Council Decision 2010/707/EU). In a 6 February vote in Strasbourg, MEPs supported the Council's draft decision, which outlines four employment priorities: increasing labour market participation and decreasing structural unemployment; developing qualified labour and promoting quality jobs, as well as education and lifelong training; making the education and training system more effective and...