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The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.

Gegenstand dieser Studie sind die Ruhegehaltsansprüche der Mitglieder des Europäischen Parlaments (MdEP) vor und nach dem Inkrafttreten des Abgeordnetenstatuts im Jahr 2009. Ziele dieser Studie: •Bereitstellung von Daten zur Altersversorgung der MdEP für den Haushaltskontrollausschuss(CONT); •Analyse der nationalen Altersversorgungssysteme, die den MdEP zu bestimmten Zeitpunkten,nämlich in den Jahren 1990, 1995, 2004, 2007, 2009, in allen (damaligen) Mitgliedstaaten zurVerfügung standen, um ein ...

The March 2018 presidential elections were a resounding victory for Vladimir Putin. Since then, however, an unpopular decision to raise the retirement age by five years has cost him some of his support and triggered a wave of protests. In summer 2019, Moscow saw the biggest anti-government rallies for several years over the authorities' decision to exclude independent, 'non-system' opposition candidates from local elections. Even though the decision was upheld, Putin allies struggled to hold onto ...

Dieses Gutachten ist das zweite einer Serie, die der EPRS zu den demografischen Aussichten für die Europäische Union (EU) erstellt. Es kommt auf die Demografie an. Die Wirtschaft, der Arbeitsmarkt, die Gesundheitsversorgung, die Altersversorgung, die Umwelt, die Generationengerechtigkeit und die Wahlergebnisse – auf sie alle wirkt sich die Demografie aus. Die EU hat ein erhebliches Bevölkerungswachstum durchgemacht – um ungefähr ein Viertel seit 1960 – und hat derzeit mehr als 500 Millionen Menschen ...

Highlights of the April I plenary session included debates on the Future of Europe with Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, and on UK withdrawal from the EU. Important debates also took place on several legislative proposals, and Members voted on proposals including the mobility package files debated during the March II plenary session on rules for posted road transport workers and on working conditions for drivers. Parliament also adopted first-reading positions on three further proposed funding ...

Pensions determine the economic independence of their beneficiaries. This briefing provides a summary of the EU gender gap in pensions and explains its evolution and the basic factors for its existence and size.

The study was commissioned overseen and published by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee. The issue of gender gap in pensions has aroused increasing attention over recent years. While the current gap in pension levels between men and women reflects past labour market tendencies and design of pension systems, pronounced changes have occurred with regard to both employment of women and pension systems. The ...

The EU has been working on reforming family leave policies in Member States since the 1980s. Its efforts resulted in two currently valid directives: the 1992 Maternity Leave Directive and the 2010 Parental Leave Directive. Even though EU Member States’ transposition of the current directives has been mostly satisfactory technically, in 2015 the Commission announced a package on work-life balance which would replace the current legislation. The rationale for the new package is increasing female labour ...

The notes in this compilation provide an in-depth analysis of the pros and cons associated with the extension of ECB quantitative easing programme of asset purchases. The notes have been requested by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs as an input for the February 2017 session of the Monetary Dialogue.

In 2014, the European Commission proposed a revision (‘IORP II’) of the existing Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) Directive of 2003, which covers certain occupational pension savings. These are overwhelmingly in the United Kingdom (55.9% of IORP assets) and the Netherlands (30.7%). The proposed revision aims to improve the governance, risk management, transparency and information provision of IORPs and help increase cross-border IORP activity. Stakeholders generally welcomed ...