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 | Mar 27, 2025 | Investments, Semester News
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...
by Marco_Cilento | Feb 25, 2025 | Events
OUR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND DEVELOPMENT MODELS 24 and 25 June 2025 VENUE: Av. Blas Infante, 4, 7ª planta, 41011 Sevilla – UGT Andalucia Interpretation: French, English, Spanish, Italian 24 June 2025 Time Topic Speakers 16:00 Opening Ludovic Voet, ETUC Confederal...
by Marco_Cilento | Feb 25, 2025 | Events, TU involvement
This round of consultation is reserved to countries that are under review in the framework of the Social Convergence Framework: Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Romania, Spain. The meeting will be on the 7th of March from...
by Marco_Cilento | Feb 21, 2025 | Events
TUSLO online event, convened on the 21st of February 2025with the following agenda: Item 1: Social Convergence Framework, second phase: consultation with social partners of the 10 countries under in-depth review (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Estonia, Hungary, Italy,...
by Marco_Cilento | Dec 19, 2024 | Economic&Social Governance of the EU, Investments, Semester News
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...
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...
by Marco_Cilento | Oct 31, 2024 | Investments
Skills and education. The ETUC members consider investment in skills to be a heavily financed priority (64 responses, of which 26 are the top priority). Resources should be allocated towards skill development and lifelong learning opportunities to equip individuals...
