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European Parliament joins CESI’s and social stakeholders’ calls for a renewed EU gender equality strategy 2015-06-11 12:00 On Tuesday this week, the European Parliament adopted a resolution that calls for an ambitious action plan to succeed the EU gender equality strategy 2010-2015. Along with other social stakeholders, CESI welcomes this resolution, which, even if non-binding, further increases the pressure on the European Commission to come forward with a powerful communication on a renewed EU gender equality strategy after the summer. |
College orientation debate on employment challenges: Good words welcome, but what counts is action 2015-06-10 12:00 Yesterday [June 9], the European Commission’s college of commissioners held an orientation debate to establish how the EU can best address existing employment challenges in Europe. CESI’s welcomes this orientation debate whole-heatedly, believing that a fundamental debate to kick-start major EU action on quality employment has been overdue in crisis-ridden Europe. At the same time, CESI highlights the importance of having this debate followed by concrete and substantial policy proposals that are worked out together with the social partners and boost quality employment as much as the EU competences in the field of employment and social affairs allow. |
Lühmann: Don’t give up on maternity leave reform 2015-06-09 12:00 In the context of the announcement by the European Commission that it will withdraw its maternity leave directive proposal if no progress is made on the file in negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers by this summer, the President of CESI’s Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Commission (FEMM), Kirsten Lühmann, today called on the EU Member State governments to stop their blockade of the file in the Council of Ministers and finally start negotiating with the European Parliament. |
CESI’s Trade Council ‘Central administration and finances’ calls to invest in national tax administrations 2015-06-04 12:00 Yesterday, the 2015 meeting of CESI’s Trade Council ‘Central administration and finances’ (ACF) took place in Brussels. Addressing questions about the functioning of the EU sectoral social dialogue committee ‘Central government administrations’ and the growing problem of violence in public services, it also adopted a resolution with recommendations on how to move forward the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion in Europe. |
Commission conference ‘A social agenda for transport’: Yes, we need adequate EU institutional support for sectoral social dialogue! 2015-06-04 12:00 Today, the European Commissions hosted a long-awaited high-level conference on ‘A social agenda for transport’. During a panel discussion dealing specifically with the role of sectoral social dialogue in the transport sector, sectoral social dialogue committee representatives welcomed the Commission’s stated intention for a ‘new start’ for (sectoral) social dialogue in the EU but stressed that adequate support by the EU institutions is necessary for this. CESI agrees and adds that this is not only true for the field of transport policy but for social dialogue in other sectors, too. |
EU agency report on the exploitation of migrant workers shows CESI’s work on fair labour mobility is more important than ever 2015-06-02 12:00 Today, the EU’s Vienna-based Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) published a study report which shows just how widespread the exploitation of migrant workers is in the EU. Analysing the report reveals that CESI is setting right priorities with its work on the promotion of fair labour mobility in the EU. |
CESI & EUROMIL on June European Council on security and defence challenges: Do not make the EU’s defence a victim of austerity! 2015-06-01 12:00 On June 25-26, the European Council will convene to discuss the EU’s future security and defence priorities – especially in relation to continuing terrorist threats and uncertain future political, economic and military relations with Russia. On this occasion, CESI’s Trade Council ‘Defence’* and EUROMIL** call on EU leaders to give impetus to new investments in military equipment and joint human resources – and not to shortsightedly trade the EU’s security and defence against further budget cuts and austerity: |
Social Platform and CESI on INTA TTIP vote: Thumbs up for public services protection, but ISDS compromise is far from ideal 2015-05-29 12:00 Social Platform and CESI, the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions, welcome yesterday’s [28 May] vote in the European Parliament’s International Trade (INTA) committee which recommends excluding public services from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). However, they note with concern the compromise found for the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism. |
CESI welcomes recent tax transparency developments as a first step towards effective fair tax systems 2015-05-27 12:00 Reacting to today’s successful adoption of an EU-Swiss agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information, the progress made in the European Commission on its forthcoming Action plan for fairer tax systems as well as the recent news that Amazon will as of now pay taxes on profits made in Germany no longer in Luxembourg but in Germany, CESI notes that these developments are to be welcome but require further follow-up action if the overall objective to establish smoothly running fair taxation systems in Europe is to be realised. |
CESI’s Trade Council ‘Post & Telecoms’ critical of sector liberalisation and working conditions for older workers 2015-05-25 12:00 On May 22, CESI’s Trade Council* ‘Post & Telecoms’ (P&T) convened in Königswinter (Germany). Critical position papers were adopted on ’20 years after the privatisation of the postal market’ and ‘Adjusting the P&T sector labour market to demographic ageing’. |
CESI deeply concerned by new German wage unity law 2015-05-22 12:00 During its meeting in Königswinter (Germany), CESI’s Post & Telecommunications Trade Council adopted a reaction on behalf of CESI regarding today’s adoption by the German Bundestag of a new wage unity law (Tarifeinheitsgesetz). |
‘Better’ regulation package: Autonomy for the social dialogue at risk 2015-05-21 12:00 Earlier this week, the European Commission published its ‘Better regulation package’. Reviewing the press and media coverage reveals the widespread concerns about the likely shift from political decision-making to ‘expert’ influence in European policy making as a result of this package. This criticism stretches from progressive MEPs to basically all social and environmental stakeholders. The only ones really happy are industry and business. While CESI agrees with many of the concerns that were raised in the debate on package, it deplores the lack of attention given to the autonomy for social dialogue that the package puts at risk. |
European Semester Alliance: CSRs 2015 – The EU is further off-track to deliver an inclusive, sustainable, social and equal Europe 2015-05-20 12:00 |
CESI explains its work on youth employment challenges to Romanian ‘Pro Juvenes’ project delegation 2015-05-19 12:00 Yesterday, CESI hosted a visit of a delegation of the Romanian ESF-funded project ‘Pro Juvenes – Transnational Partnership for an Inclusive Labour Market for Youth’. During the meeting, which aimed to explore best practices in the field of youth employment initiatives, CESI General Secretariat staff explained its work on the challenges that young people face in Europe today. |
European Semester’s 2015 Country-specific recommendations released: Scrutiny forthcoming 2015-05-13 12:00 Today, the European Commission issued the European Semester’s 2015 country specific recommendations (CSRs). CESI, as part of its work in the European Semester Alliance, will now carefully check whether the Commission’s advocacy of a “stronger” and more “streamlined” European Semester carries weight and can be welcomed. |
