Employment policy
EU Fact Sheets
11-12-2023
The European employment strategy, dating back to 1997, established common objectives for employment policy and contributed to ‘soft coordination’ among the Member States. Creating more and better jobs was one of the main goals of the Europe 2020 strategy. Since the turn of the decade, the Commission has proposed new and more ambitious targets in employment policy. EU law is relevant in certain areas, even if the responsibility for employment policy lies primarily with national governments.
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