Petr Bystron no longer enjoys immunity. A majority of the European Parliament voted in Strasbourg on Tuesday to waive the immunity of AfD politician Bystron. The investigations against the MEP on suspicion of money laundering and bribery can now continue. Alina Leimbach/dpaJeromin Zettelmeyer has been confirmed for a second term as Director of the Brussels-based […]
Last year, 93.3 million people (21.0% of the population) in the EU were at risk of poverty and social exclusion. This was announced by the EU statistics authority Eurostat on Wednesday. This is a slight decrease of 0.3% and 700,000 people compared to the previous year (2023: 21.3% of the population, 94.6 million people). However, […]
In her work program, Ursula von der Leyen emphasizes: “Europe’s way of life depends on the protectionand opportunities offered by our social model and our social market economy.” However, critics have so far only paid lip service to this announcement. Even some measures that were thought to be certain have been delayed for weeks or […]
The European Parliament’s Employment Committee (EMPL) is struggling to reach an opinion on the reform of public procurement law. Technical negotiations began yesterday on the basis of the amendment proposals received from the political groups. While the Greens, Social Democrats and the Left want to use the legislative reform to strengthen the social dimension of […]
The EU Commission and the EU Parliament are currently warming up for the reform of public procurement law. In the public debate, considerations of how green lead markets or innovative European industries can be strengthened are playing a key role. However, trade unions, social politicians and some companies are pushing for social aspects to be […]
Salesforce, Microsoft Office 365 or UKG (formerly Kronos): Just a few examples of applications that are already busy collecting data from employees – and can be used to assess their performance. They all fall roughly into the category of algorithmic management, i.e. tools that collect information fully or partially automatically and are then used to […]
The eight-hour working day and the SPD – a long relationship. After all, the demand for a clearly limited maximum daily working time is probably as old as the labor movement itself. The founding party conference in Eisenach in 1869 already included the demand for a “standard employment relationship.” Only a few years later, in […]
Already the first important building block in the EU strategy for affordable housing has been delayed. As Table.Briefings has learned, the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has not yet given its approval to the EIB Action Plan for Affordable Housing. The plan, which was presented in March, includes an increase in […]
A kind of Tinder for job-seeking third-country nationals is moving closer. The Justice Committee (LIBE) in the European Parliament has spoken out in favor of establishing the EU Talent Pool. The corresponding compromise text received 46 votes in favor in the committee on Wednesday; 25 parliamentarians voted against, two abstained.The Talent Pool is intended to […]
EU Council meeting March 20-21: Draft summit declaration of the heads of state and government on competitiveness and other issues. Read the Table.Briefings exclusive document.Deficient foreign and security policy: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik on how the CFSP can be strengthened. To the paperNew state aid framework: The Commission has launched the consultation on the draft […]