by Marco_Cilento | Apr 15, 2025 | No-Austerity, Semester News, TU involvement
TRADE UNOIN INPUTS TO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SOCIAL CONVERGENCE FRAMEWORK – EUROPEAN SEMESTER 2025 DOWNLOAD HERE: This document reports trade union views and proposals, from ETUC member organisations, to tackle social challenges in countries experiencing extensive...
by Marco_Cilento | Apr 15, 2025 | Economic&Social Governance of the EU, No-Austerity, Semester News
The Commission has released the second-stage country analysis of the Social Convergence Framework for 10 EU Member States, in line with new EU economic governance rules. This report is part of the European Semester. LINK: Commission analyses social convergence in 10...
by Marco_Cilento | Apr 4, 2025 | No-Austerity, Semester News, TU involvement
10 countries were found to experience excessive social divergences. 8 of them were consulted in tripartite format as foreseen in the Joint Statement of European Social Partners. Trade unions from 7 countries sent inputs in written form that will be attached to the...
by Marco_Cilento | Dec 19, 2024 | Economic&Social Governance of the EU, No-Austerity, Semester News
The Autumn Package incudes tools for the policy coordination, including social common objectives and social CSRs implementation. To be watched: Progresses toward the Porto targets on employment, access to education/training and poverty – Joint Employment Report...
by Marco_Cilento | Dec 19, 2024 | Economic&Social Governance of the EU, No-Austerity, Semester News
The Autumn package (first part) is devoted to fiscal surveillance, namely: fiscal trajectories under the Mid-Term Fiscal Structural Plans – Preventive arm Watch at the net expenditure path and its impact on structural primary deficit and potential output. Cost...
by Marco_Cilento | Oct 31, 2024 | No-Austerity
The European trade movement showed a common interest in advocating fairer wealth distribution and more progressive taxation schemes as tools to fight inequality and bring about social justice. We have identified as main loopholes in the current taxation setting...
