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PES Agriculture Ministers discuss crisis in the agriculture market and the future of CAP
Today, Agriculture Ministers belonging to the Party of European Socialists (PES) met in Brussels at the invitation of the French and Dutch Agriculture Ministers, Stéphane Le Foll and Martijn van Dam, to exchange views on the day’s EU Agriculture Council agenda, and on common long-term objectives.
PES Ministers committed to fair mobility
Ministers of the Party of European Socialists (PES) for Employment and Social Affairs met in Amsterdam ahead of the Informal EPSCO Council of 19th of April.
On the 8th of March, following consistent and intense pressure from the PES family, the European Commission published its proposals for the revision of the posted workers directive. Welcoming the opening of this process, PES Employment and Social Affairs Ministers reiterated their commitment to addressing regulatory gaps, ensuring equal treatment and to strengthening freedom of movement, fair competition and fair labour standards in Europe.
PES President heads on a European tour to present the progressive agenda
The PES President made the first of many presentations of the European progressive’s agenda in his home town of Sofia today. Sergei Stanishev presented the agenda on growth, set by the Progressive leaders’ summit in Paris last month, as well as the PES initiative on the European Plan for Youth and the PES Programme for progressive reforms. Members of Bulgarian Parliament, local politicians, academics, opinion makers, NGO representatives and many journalists and media attended the event.
Posting of Workers Directive: steps towards fairer mobility of workers’
European Commission published on 8 March its proposal for a targeted review of the Posting of Workers Directive. This proposal revises the 1996 directive, and complements the process of strengthening EU rules on posting initiated with the Enforcement Directive in 2014.
PES Employment and Finance Ministers aim to strengthen the social dimension of the EU
Employment, Social and Finance Ministers of the Party of European Socialists held a joint meeting today in Brussels to exchange views on the social dimension in the European Semester and the Economic and Monetary Union. The Ministers reaffirmed that social and economic policies need to be better coordinated if the European Union is to achieve sustainable and jobs-rich growth that would increase the living standards of European citizens.
Social Democrats propose solutions to social issues facing youth
High level representatives of the Party of European Socialists (PES) met today in Brussels to discuss hot topics in the field of employment and social affairs, with a particular focus on issues facing young people in Europe. Practical solutions were proposed as part of a Plan for European youth – a major PES project to provide answers to young people’s issues in employment, including through the Youth Guarantee, education and culture as well as to the growing issue of child poverty.
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