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ETUC members’ views on social convergence in the context of the Social Convergence Framework
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...
Commission analyses social convergence in 10 EU countries
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...
Trade Union Inputs to the Social Convergence Framework, European Semester 2025.
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...
National Escape Clause: increased defence expenditure within the Stability and Growth Pact
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION Accommodating increased defence expenditure within the Stability and Growth Pact: Link here: WARNING ACTIVATION: Member States are invited to come forward with their requests to activate the national escape clause by the end of April...
An EU-financed Investment Facility for quality jobs and just transitions
The ETUC supports the creation of an EU Investment Facility financed and deployed at the EU level. Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 10-11 December 2024. English version: An EU-financed Investment Facility for quality jobs and just transitions | ETUC...
2025 AUTUMN PACKAGE – SOCIAL CONVERGENCE FRAMEWORK
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 Upward...
2025 AUTUMN PACKAGE – FISCAL MULTILATERAL SURVEILLANCE
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 of...
European Fiscal Board’ foresees “ difficult ” start to revised Stability Pact
Quote from Brussels, 02/10/2024 (Agence Europe) Observing the budgetary performance of the Member States in relation to the macroeconomic situation in 2023, the European board notes that, overall, the public deficit has not decreased between 2022 and 2023 despite the...
Mid-Term Fiscal Structural Plans. Trade union inputs.
Have access to TU inputs country-by-country or economic sectors here: Tuslo survey Each link directs the reader to a web page that includes: Country and name of the organisation that submitted the input. Trade union inputs can be submitted by National ETUC members,...
EUROPEAN SOCIAL PARTNERS ON TU INVOLVEMENT IN THE SEMESTER
Read the full text of the Joint statement by the ETUC, SGI Europe and SME United, calling for a factual and material involvement of social partners in the economic governance and the EU Semester here: Social Partners call for better involvement in Economic Governance...