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This study brings together work in progress on a long-term project to identify and analyse the 'cost of non-Europe' in a number of policy fields. This concept, first pioneered by the European Parliament in the 1980s, is used here to quantify the potential efficiency gains in today's European economy through pursuing a series of policy initiatives recently advocated by Parliament – from a wider and deeper digital single market to more systematic coordination of national and European defence policies ...

El diálogo social

Fichas temáticas sobre la EU 01-06-2017

El diálogo social es un elemento fundamental del modelo social europeo, plenamente reconocido en el Tratado a partir de la reforma de Ámsterdam. De esta forma, los interlocutores sociales (representantes de las empresas y de los trabajadores) pueden contribuir activamente a la elaboración de la política social europea.

The Situation of Workers in the Collaborative Economy

Análisis en profundidad 04-10-2016

The collaborative economy (or “platform economy”), encompassing work-on-demand via apps like Uber and crowdwork like Amazon Mechanical Turk, has grown exponentially in recent years, thanks to the development of high-speed networks, the exploitation of big data and the availability of mobile devices, which have cut down transaction costs and allow for real-time effective matching of supply and demand. While creating many new opportunities for digital and physical services, which have, thanks to lower ...

The EU's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia and Peru, on which the European Parliament is expected to vote in the coming months, is the subject of deep controversy. NGOs from both sides of the Atlantic question whether such an agreement should be concluded, because of the continued violation of human rights, especially in Colombia.

Las mujeres desempeñan un papel importante en el sector pesquero, incluyendo la pesca, la acuicultura y el procesamiento de productos acuáticos. Se han mostrado muy activas a la hora de organizarse y establecer contactos para promover igualdad de género en múltiples ámbitos en Europa. También poseen una importante función en la diversificación de los ingresos de las empresas pesqueras, lo cual se traduce en la creación de nuevas oportunidades en zonas pesqueras afectadas por el declive de la pesca ...