Positioning the ETUC for an EU open strategic autonomy with a strong social agenda Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting of 22 and 23 June 2022 Summary of key messages

ETUC Position on the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe and the follow-up, including a Convention Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 22-23 June 2022 SHORT SUMMARY: The ETUC has engaged in the Conference on the Future of Europe to put Social Europe at the center of the discussions. The ETUC considers the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe an ambitious and important roadmap to define a fairer and more social future of Europe.

Brussels, 16 June 2022 Dear Ambassador, I am contacting you in relation to the Women on Boards Directive following the meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 16 June 2022. The ETUC welcomes the progress made on the Women On Boards Directive, after ten years of non-action and blockage. The adoption of the agreement will hopefully clear the path for many women into key decision-making positions throughout the European Union.  

In reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its consequences on energy markets, the European Commission adopted today its REPower EU Plan. ETUC welcomes the overall objectives of this proposal and strongly supports the willingness of the Commission to reduce EU’s energy dependency towards Russia. Reducing our energy imports is of primary importance if we want to increase pressure on Putin’s autocratic regime to put an end to its illegal war.

A renewed transatlantic cooperation on trade has to deliver for working people. This concept paper outlines key features we would want to form the framework of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC). The Biden-Harris Administration put on high priority a worker-centred trade policy in the US and the ETUC believes this is now also an opportunity to change the trade paradigm in Europe.

9 years after the Rana Plaza disaster, workers in Europe and in the world cannot wait any longer: the ETUC calls for zero tolerance for doing business in breach of human rights  Why? Because labour is not a commodity: workers’ life and security should not be negotiated nor put at risk by business models! 

ETUC calls on MEPs to vote in favour of the European Parliament’s mandate to enter into inter-institutional negotiations on the Gender Pay Transparency Directive Brussels, 1 April 2022            To: Members of the European Parliament Dear Member of the European Parliament, I am contacting you to urge you to vote in favour of the European Parliament’s mandate to enter into trilogue negotiations.

ETUC Position for an EU Social Taxonomy of Sustainable Investments Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 16-17 March 2022

ETUC Position on Equipping workers with necessary skills for the green transition Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee meeting of 16-17 March 2022 Background

ETUC Position on preventing the use of Shell Entities Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 16-17 March 2022 Key messages

ETUC Position on the next generation of own resources for the EU Budget Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 16-17 March 2022 Summary

ETUC initial analysis of the Commission’s proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and updated roadmap for ETUC actions in 2022- 2023 Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee meeting of 16-17 March 2022 European Commission finally proposed a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

ETUC Position on a Minimum Level of Taxation for Multinationals Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 16-17 March 2022 Key messages

ETUC updated answers to the renewed public consultation on the Economic Governance Review Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 8-9 December 2021 1. How can the framework be improved to ensure sustainable public finances in all Member States and to help eliminate existing macroeconomic imbalances and avoid new ones arising?

ETUC Guidelines to provide inputs in the Public debate for the EU Economic Governance Review Adopted at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 8-9 December 2021 The European Commission has relaunched the consultation on “economic governance”: the rules that govern economic policymaking across EU countries. Our aim is to move away from austerity and create conditions that bring about the permanent mobilisation of resources for investments and the financing of the European social policies.

ETUC ASSESSMENT OF AUTUMN PACKAGE AND ETUC PRIORITIES FOR THE EUROPEAN SEMESTER 2022 Endorsed at the virtual Executive Committee Meeting of 8-9 December 2021