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European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan

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The Pillar sets out 20 key principles and rights essential for fair and well-functioning labour markets and social protection systems, structured around three chapters: equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions, and social protection and inclusion.
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Towards a strong European public service agenda. How to (re)build a social Europe in a resilient way after Covid-19?

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This conference, co-funded by the European Union, organised in partnership with the European Policy Centre (EPC) and with the media partnership of Euractiv.pl, will take stock of the lessons learnt from the pandemic and seek to advance a strong European public service agenda. Register now.

European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions

The European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI) is a confederation of 40 trade union organisations from 20 European countries and 4 European trade union organisations, with a total of more than 5 million individual members. 1 further trade union organisations enjoys observer status.

Hope – Editorial of the Secretary-General Klaus Heeger

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“Overall, the European economy remains on a path of steady and moderate growth. Over the next two years, annual GDP growth in the euro area is expected to settle at 1.2%, the same as in 2019.”

Labour Day: CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger stresses ongoing need for solidarity

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On the occasion of Labour Day, CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger stressed the ongoing need for solidarity in Europe.

Kirsten Lühmann: EU COVID-19 response must address domestic violence

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A surge in domestic violence becomes an increasingly worrying adverse effect of the confinements and lockdowns that we find ourselves in during the unfolding COVID-19 crisis. The President of CESI's Commission on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Kirsten Lühmann, calls on the European Commission to address this as a matter of urgency in its overarching EU response to COVID-19.

The response of teachers in Spain to the Coronavirus crisis

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The 2019-2020 academic year has been blighted by an unprecedented widespread pandemic which has forced us to rethink the way we live our lives. In the field of education, this has meant forcibly closing down institutions to make way for a new and previously unexplored framework of remote teaching.

Coronavirus – Challenges facing the police using Germany as an example

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has not only changed the lives of the entire population, the economy and politics, but also the work of the police. Alongside health care workers, thousands of police officers are also facing this phenomenon on a daily basis.

Thinking differently and acting collectively during Corona Pandemic, a message from Andres Hemsing, National Chairman of the German komba trade union

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The last few weeks have seen much of how we do things turned on its head. The coronavirus pandemic is having a massive effect on our lives. We’re having to think on our feet a lot, because that’s what sudden, unprecedented situations do – they challenge us. Below, Andres Hemsing (National Chairman of the komba trade union), offers a glimpse into various areas of work and life in Germany.

CESI statement on a new a codification directive on administration cooperation in the field of taxation

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As part of its work programme, the European Commission issued a proposal for a codification directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation on February 12 2020. In a statement in the context of a public feedback consultation on the draft law, CESI sketched its priorities for a functioning codification directive.