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2023-03-24 01:28

As the European Central Bank (ECB) continues to raise interest rates at a considerable speed, CESI calls for differentiated solutions to bring price developments back to healthy levels.

2023-03-24 11:40

CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger: “I am pleased about the commitment and determination of all signatories.”

2023-03-22 02:49

At a hearing with the European Commission on learning mobility earlier this month, CESI demanded a comprehensive EU initiative that targets all learners and teachers, in higher education as well as in VET-based apprenticeships and lifelong learning.

2023-03-20 12:44

Responding to ongoing discussions in the EU institutions to reform the EU’s economic governance system, the Presidium of CESI has issued a resolution calling for a new balance between public expenduture and investment, budgetary debts, and public revenues.

2023-03-17 02:02

In a report adopted by the European Parliament on March 15, MEPs demand the EU addresses the soaring cost of living with targeted social protection measures.

2023-03-08 08:18

On the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day on March 8, the President of CESI’s Commission on Women’s Rights Kirsten Lühmann calls on policy makers to continue recent successful progress towards gender equality in the EU.

2023-03-07 05:06

The murder of a teacher in France by her own student in class and the deadly train crash in Greece show that the road towards safety and integrity is still long for public sector workers.

2023-03-03 12:05

Today, on the occasion of the 2023 European Day for a Work-free Sunday, CESI as a member of the European Sunday Alliance recalls the urgent need for synchronised quality and social resting time for workers, in order to enable them to preserve their mental health.

2023-03-03 06:11

CESI’s statutory Expert Commission ‘Public Administrations’ has spoken up again for improved working conditions in public administrations to make them more performing.

2023-02-23 10:12

CESI appreciates the Council’s confirmed intention to ratify the EU’s accession to the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.

2023-02-15 03:55

As part of a consultation by the European Commission on a new comprehensive approach of the EU to mental health, CESI has called for an ambitious EU initiative.

2023-02-10 11:37

As the heads of state and government of the Member States convened for a Special European Council summit in Brussels yesterday, they managed a remarkable balancing between a required continued solidarity with Ukraine and a much-needed return to a new normal on the EU’s policy programme.

2023-02-08 03:30

Following the devastating earthquake in the Turkish-Syrian border region on February 6, the Presidium of CESI has issued a statement of condolence and support.

2023-02-07 06:23

While the distinction “employed vs self-employed” seems to be increasingly blurred, classic inderpendencies and interconnections of the industrial age may not apply anymore.

2023-02-03 12:10

On Wednesday, February 1, CESI held its first Firefighters’ Day to unite its firefighter and emergency rescue unions with EU policy and decision makers to discuss and raise awareness about an improved European approach to firefighting in natural disaster management.