Tag for 'Employment and Social Affairs'
Wednesday, July 13th, 2016
European Commission Vice-President Dombrovskis to visit Japan 13 July 2016 Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission Vice-President in charge of the euro and social dialogue, will be visiting Japan on 14 and 15 July.The main purpose of his visit is to deliver the opening address at the 16th EU-Japan Symposium on employment and labour issues together with [...]
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016
Spring 2016 European Semester package: Commission issues country-specific recommendations Brussels, 18 May 2016 The European Commission today proposes its 2016 country-specific recommendations (CSRs), setting out its economic policy guidance for individual Member States for the next 12 to 18 months. In addition to efforts already identified and ongoing at European level, this guidance focuses on [...]
Thursday, November 26th, 2015
Annual Growth Survey 2016: Strengthening the recovery and fostering convergence Brussels, 26 November 2015IP/15/6069 Today’s package launches the annual cycle of economic governance. It sets out general economic and social priorities for the EU and gives Member States policy guidance for the following year. Policy challenges vary across countries, so responses will also vary. However, [...]
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
Long-term unemployment: Europe takes action to help 12 million long-term unemployed get back to work Brussels, 17 September 2015IP/15/5565 The European Commission has today proposed guidance to Member States to better help long-term unemployed return to work.The European Commission has today proposed guidance to Member States to better help long-term unemployed return to work. Following [...]
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
Commission signs three-year ESM stability support programme for Greece Brussels, 20 August 2015IP/15/5512 The European Commission signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Greece for a new stability support programme late on Wednesday. The European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Europe's firewall established in 2012 in response to the global financial crisis, will be able to disburse [...]
Friday, July 31st, 2015
Spring 2015 Standard Eurobarometer: Citizens see immigration as top challenge for EU to tackle Brussels, 31 July 2015 More Europeans say they have a positive image of the European Union and trust in the EU has gone up since last November. In addition, citizens see immigration as the major challenge facing the EU currently. These [...]
Friday, July 10th, 2015
EU population up to 508.2 million at 1 January 2015 - Over 1 million more people living in the EU than in 2014 Brussels, 10 July 2015STAT/15/5340 On 1 January 2015, the population of the European Union was estimated at 508.2 million, compared with 506.9 million on 1 January 2014. During the year 2014, 5.1 [...]
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
Country-specific recommendations 2015: Further efforts needed to support a robust recovery Brussels, 13 May 2015IP/15/4975 Further policy is needed to return to self-sustaining growth. The European Commission today adopted country-specific economic policy recommendations for 2015 and 2016 asking for national actions to create jobs and stimulate growth.These recommendations reflect the Commission’s economic and social agenda. [...]
Monday, December 9th, 2013
First ever EU legal instrument for Roma inclusion adopted IP/13/1226Brussels, 9 December 2013 All 28 European Union Member States today committed to implementing a set of recommendations, proposed by the European Commission, to step up the economic and social integration of Roma communities. The Council Recommendation was adopted unanimously by ministers meeting in the Council [...]
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
European Semester 2014: strengthening the recovery Brussels, 13 November 2013IP/13/1064 The biggest challenge now facing Europe's economy is how to sustain the recovery that is now underway. This is the main message of this year’s Annual Growth Survey (AGS), adopted today by the Commission. Its adoption kicks off the fourth European Semester of economic policy [...]
