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Visit to the Belgian parliament: EU Trade Commissioner issues further signals to protect public services in TTIP 2015-05-13 12:00 Yesterday, in a speech to the Belgian national parliament, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström confirmed past statements of hers that signal a comprehensive protection of public services under TTIP. CESI welcomes such commitments, believing that the quality of public services in Europe must not experience a race to the bottom due to an unnecessary exposure to liberalisation and market forces. |
CESI hosts visit to the EU for its member DBwV (German Armed Forces Association) 2015-05-11 12:00 Last week, CESI together with the Karl-Theodor-Molinari Foundation hosted a two-day visit to the EU for the federal and regional executive boards of one of its members, the DBwV (German Armed Forces Association)*. With discussion rounds with experts at the CESI premises and meetings at the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers, the visit aimed to enhance the strategic capacity of the DBwV to represent its interests -in cooperation with CESI- to the EU. |
IG Public services conference: CESI hopes for continued Commission support to protect public services in TiSA 2015-05-07 12:00 During yesterday’s inaugural conference of the European Parliament’s Intergroup ‘Common goods and public services’, the European Commission tried to reassure that the protection of public services in Europe will be dealt with with utmost caution during TiSA negotiations. CESI welcomes this and hopes that previously made statements in this direction by the European Commission will not be reversed or watered down. |
CESI@noon: Radicalisation must be prevented through improved social inclusion at all levels, experts say 2015-05-05 12:00 Today, CESI hosted another edition of its lunchtime event series ‘CESI@noon’. This time experts discussed with the audience about how public services in Europe may be enabled to better prevent and counter radicalisation among the citizenry – a topic that CESI’s Trade Council ‘Security’ has worked on in depth in the recent past.* With more than 120 participants registered for the event, the relevance that not only CESI but also policy makers, the organised civil society and citizens attach to addressing the recent spread of radicalisation in European societies was more than obvious. |
Eurofound report: Employee participation and social dialogue benefits workers and companies, if properly applied 2015-05-04 12:00 Eurofound recently published a report on the 3rd European Company Survey. It shows that employee participation and social dialogue is not yet omnipresent even though it makes a positive difference for both employees and employers wherever it is properly applied. As a representative of numerous public sector trade unions, CESI looks forward to future Eurofound reports that will specifically focus on social dialogue and employee participation in the public services. |
May 1 is International Workers’ Day! 2015-05-01 12:00 On the occasion of the International Workers’ Day on May 1, CESI recalls the widespread challenges that still need to be overcome if workers are to be adequately protected in the EU. |
Annual CESI Defence Trade Council meeting: Need for more rights of military staff highlighted ahead of EU Defence Summit 2015-04-28 12:00 At this year’s meeting of CESI’s Defence Trade Council, its expert committee on military topics, the importance of common rights for common missions was underscored – especially in the context of the upcoming EU Defence Summit. |
World Day for Safety and Health at Work: CESI works hard for employee health and safety 2015-04-28 12:00 April 28 is World Day for Safety and Health at Work – Time for CESI to raise (again) the importance of occupational health and safety. |
Commission-published report: Mixed picture about the spread of social investments in European countries 2015-04-24 12:00 Today, the European Commission published a report it had commissioned on ‘Social investment in Europe 2015: A study of national policies’. It shows that social investment is not yet a clearly defined and adequately pursued policy concept across all European countries. |
CESI and its Spanish member trade union CSI-F meet Andriukaitis cabinet 2015-04-23 12:00 Today, representatives of CESI and its Spanish member CSI-F met with the Andriukaitis cabinet in order to discuss challenges in the financing of the Spanish civil servants’ health mutuality. |
Informal EPSCO Council: CESI reiterates need for a more inclusive social dialogue at the EU-level 2015-04-22 12:00 During the informal EPSCO Council meeting in Riga this week, Commissioner Dombrovskis reiterated his commitment to a well-functioning social dialogue at the EU-level. CESI believes that a more inclusive approach to engagement with social partners is necessary to achieve this. |
Ongoing refugee crisis in the Mediterranean: Change in direction of policies needed to alleviate humanitarian tragedies 2015-04-21 12:00 CESI is saddened by the escalating refugee crisis in the Mediterranean and calls on European leaders to initiative a change in the direction of Europe’s migration policy when they meet for a special EU migration summit in Brussels later this week. |
CESI Youth takes part in youth employment summit in Quito 2015-04-20 12:00 Earlier this month, CESI Youth representative Matthäus Fandrejewski travelled to Quito, Ecuador, in order to take part in the CELAC*-EU Youth Days. The conference ended with the adoption of a declaration on youth empowerment that will be presented at the next EU-CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government, to take place in Brussels in June this year. |
Hearing in EP TAXE Committee: CESI expert speaks on the role of tax administrations in fighting tax avoidance 2015-04-17 12:00 During yesterday’s stakeholder hearing in the European Parliament’s TAXE Committee on tax rulings and the role of tax administrations in fighting tax avoidance, CESI was represented by François Goris, President of its member organisation UNSP-NUOD. CESI represents several national tax administration trade unions in Brussels. |
TTIP: CESI welcomes the EP Employment Committee opinion and calls on the International Trade Committee to take its suggestions on board 2015-04-16 12:00 Earlier this month, the European Parliament’s Employment (EMPL) Committee adopted its opinion in relation to the TTIP own-initiative report that is being drawn up in the International Trade (INTA) Committee. CESI broadly welcomes the EMPL Committee opinion and calls on the INTA Committee to take up its input during its upcoming committee vote. |
