MEPs in the Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) have voted in favor of opening negotiations with the Council on the reform of the European Works Council Directive. On Tuesday, 34 MEPs voted in favor, and three abstained. A total of eleven MEPs voted against the start of trilogue negotiations, including all MEPs from the national-conservative ECR […]
A new start for the European social dialog? At least that is what employers and trade unions in the various member states are hoping in view of the current negotiations on the new European Social Dialogue Pact. It is one of the first projects in the social sector in Ursula von der Leyen’s new term […]
The debate on the Traineeships Directive is still stuck – and will be postponed to the Swedish Council Presidency. In the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO), a watered-down version of the Hungarian Council Presidency fell through on Monday. Although the corresponding proposal received approval from 15 countries – including the Nordic […]
Anthony Whelan will become Deputy Director-General for State Aid in the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP). In recent years, the lawyer was Ursula von der Leyen’s digital policy advisor; from April to June 2024, the Irishman briefly moved up to become her Head of Cabinet before most recently working as her advisor again. Stina Soewarta […]
Movement on eDeclaration: On Wednesday, the Commission presented a proposal for a regulation for a digital, standardized declaration portal for companies with mobile employees. This is intended to reduce bureaucracy and costs for companies that post their employees across borders in the EU.Core content: Instead of various different national systems, there is to be a […]
Expectations are high for the first European Housing Commissioner Dan Jørgensen. After all, according to a post-election survey, the rising cost of housing and living mobilized many voters in this summer’s European elections. “European funding can’t solve everything,” Jørgensen said in his hearing, trying to capture some of the hopes. After all, the EU has […]
Roxana Mînzatu, the designated Executive Vice President for Skills, Competencies and Foresight, appeared nervous at the start of her hearing. In her opening statement, she listed the numerous initiatives that she wants to launch in her area of responsibility, most of which are already known from her mission letter. She knows that she has a […]
State Secretary Sven Giegold wants to leave the Federal Ministry of Economics as part of the reorganization of the Green Party leadership. According to information from Table.Briefings, he is to become deputy party leader of the Greens. Because the BMWK position is not compatible with a party function and Giegold apparently firmly expects to be elected, he […]
The European Parliament is in favor of a minimum income directive for the first time. A corresponding passage can be found in the Parliament’s opinion on the employment guidelines of the member states. The Parliament adopted this opinion on Wednesday. Other points also stand out: Parliament’s recommendation on pension systems, for example, goes significantly further […]
A few weeks before the transposition deadline, the majority of EU member states have still not started to transpose the Minimum Wage Directive into national law. According to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), only six member states have so far submitted legislation to transpose the directive into national law: Belgium, Hungary, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland […]