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Faced with the need to provide long-term support to Ukraine and upgrade its own defence, the EU is revisiting its financing arrangements for the Common Security and Defence component.

La Commission est chargée de l’exécution du budget en coopération avec les États membres, mais elle est soumise au contrôle politique du Parlement européen.

This joint workshop gave members of the BUDG and CONT Committees an overview of global efforts to finance the fight against climate change and of the EU’s role in this context. Key findings were:  The EU’s contribution, both regulatory and financial, is consid-erable and exceeds its ‘fair share’;  However, a significant gap remains between actual commit-ments globally and the agreed funding level of USD 100 bil-lion per year;  Even more funding will have to be mobilised, including from private ...

The commissioner-designate, Nicolas Schmit, appeared before the European Parliament on 1 October 2019 to answer questions from MEPs in the Committees on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document.

An overview of key findings of the Study "The European Social Fund: Beneficiaries' experience in the Current Funding Period", produced by Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL).

This paper has been prepared by Policy Department A at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. It presents recent developments and challenges related to employment and unemployment; income inequality and poverty in Bulgaria, comparing them to the trends for the European Union. The paper also provides an overview and analysis of the most impactful policies designed and implemented to address the above, in view of the European Pillar of Social Rights and ...

L'amélioration de la santé et de la sécurité sur le lieu de travail est une question importante pour l'Union européenne depuis les années 80. Des normes minimales de protection des travailleurs ont été établies en vertu de la législation européenne, ce qui n'empêche pas les États membres de maintenir ou d'instaurer des mesures plus strictes. Lorsque le traité de Lisbonne est entré en vigueur, la charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne est devenue juridiquement contraignante et la politique ...

Instauré en vertu du traité de Rome, le Fonds social européen (FSE) vise à faciliter la mobilité des travailleurs et l'accès à l'emploi au sein du marché commun. Son mandat et son règlement ont été modifiés par la suite afin de refléter l'évolution de la situation de l'économie et de l'emploi dans les États membres ainsi que l'évolution des priorités politiques définies au niveau de l'Union européenne.

Key findings Based on earlier criticism of EMU policies, calls for complementing the European Semester exercise by a monitoring of social indicators, a ‘Social Triple A’ for Europe, were increasingly raised with the financial and economic crisis. Commission President Juncker made the issue into a central point of his policy agenda. In September 2015 he announced a ‘Pillar of Social Rights’, which should start with the euro area countries but remain open to others. The Commission proposal is ...