GENERAL OVERVIEW
The European Parliament and European Council have fulfilled their political responsibility in agreeing on a long-term budget for the EU and the temporary recovery instrument ‘Next Generation EU’. It is an increased budget which comes alongside a substantial Recovery Plan and represents a much better response than the one to the previous crisis.
Following the Council Conclusions on Minimum Income, it is time for the European Commission to respond with courage and propose a legally binding EU framework for Minimum Income
ETUC Resolution on the protection of the rights of non-standard workers and workers in platform companies (including the self-employed)
Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 28-29 October 2020
Position de la CES sur l’évaluation de la stratégie annuelle 2021 pour une croissance durable
Adoptée lors de la réunion virtuelle du Comité exécutif des 28 et 29 octobre 2020
ÉVALUATION DE LA STRATÉGIE ANNUELLE 2021 POUR UNE CROISSANCE DURABLE (ASGS)
BRÈVE ANALYSE DES ENJEUX OUBLIÉS DANS L’ASGS 2021
ETUC position on the Assessment of the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021
Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 28-29 October 2020
ASSESSMENT OF THE ANNUAL SUSTAINABLE GROWTH STRATEGY (ASGS) 2021
A QUICK ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGES OVERLOOKED IN THE ASGS 2021
A new EU adaptation to climate change strategy for the world of work
ETUC Resolution adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 28-29 October 2020
Summary of key messages
ETUC Position on the European Skills Agenda and future skills strategies
Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 28-29 October 2020
Background
On 1 July 2020, the European Commission published a new package of policy initiatives:
The COVID-19 pandemic and its social and economic repercussions have hit young people in Europe particularly hard. The latest Eurostat figures show skyrocketing youth unemployment figures across the EU: In August 2020, 43,9 % young people aged between 15-24 years in Spain were unemployed, 39,3 % in Italy and 32,1 % in Greece. The EU average lies at 17,6%.