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EU welfare systems and the challenges of poverty and inequality
This study examines how contemporary welfare state policies address the issues of inequality and poverty both between and within EU Member States. It combines quantitative and qualitative analysis to show the strong links between inequality and poverty, not only in statistical terms, but also in terms of wealth distribution, intergenerational mobility and labour market dynamics. Welfare states are discussed in a multidimensional way, covering traditional welfare state policies on social protection ...
EU action plan for the social economy: Pre-legislative synthesis of national, regional and local positions on the European Commission's initiative
This Briefing forms part of an EPRS series which offers a synthesis of the pre-legislative state-of-play and advance consultation on a range of key European Commission priorities during the latter's five-year term in office. It seeks to summarise the state of affairs in the relevant policy field, examine how existing policy is working on the ground, and identify best practice and ideas for the future on the part of governmental organisations at all levels of European system of multilevel governance ...
Fondo Social Europeo Plus (2021 2027)
El Fondo Social Europeo (FSE+) constituye un importante elemento de la rúbrica denominada «Cohesión, resiliencia y valores» del marco financiero plurianual (MFP) para el período 2021 2027. La principal aportación del FSE+ a este grupo de políticas consiste en invertir en las personas, la ciudadanía y los valores. El Parlamento Europeo tiene previsto someter a votación en segunda lectura durante el período parcial de sesiones de junio I el texto acordado en las negociaciones interinstitucionales en ...
European Pillar of Social Rights: Gothenburg, Porto and beyond
The proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (social pillar) by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council in November 2017 was the fourth major attempt to strengthen the social dimension of the European Union since its inception. The social pillar is to be the fifth pillar of the economic and monetary union. It is to serve as a compass for updating the EU's welfare states and labour markets to the new realities of life and work in the 21st century. Its holistic ...
Fondo Europeo de Adaptación a la Globalización
La propuesta de la Comisión Europea de 2018 de revisar el Fondo Europeo de Adaptación a la Globalización, modificada en el marco del Plan de Recuperación para Europa de 2020, introduce cambios en los criterios de elegibilidad, en las normas de cofinanciación y en el procedimiento de movilización. Al margen de los límites máximos del marco financiero plurianual (MFP) 2021-2027, debe seguir sirviendo como fondo de solidaridad y emergencia utilizado sobre una base ad hoc. Tras un acuerdo temprano en ...
Economic and Budgetary Outlook for the European Union 2021
This study, the fifth in an annual series, provides an overview of the economic and budgetary situation in the EU and beyond, and summarises the main economic indicators in the EU and euro area and their two-year trends. It also explains the annual EU budget, provides an overview of its headings for 2021, and sets out the wider budgetary framework – the post-2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF) and the Next Generation EU recovery instrument. This year's special 'economic focus' puts the spotlight ...
El derecho a la desconexión
En el contexto de la transformación digital en el mundo laboral, la Comisión de Empleo y Asuntos Sociales del Parlamento Europeo ha aprobado un informe de iniciativa legislativa en el que pide a la Comisión Europea que proponga una directiva de la Unión que establezca unos requisitos mínimos en relación con el derecho a la desconexión. La práctica del teletrabajo mediante herramientas digitales, que se ha intensificado con las medidas de confinamiento adoptadas a consecuencia del coronavirus, atrae ...
Next generation or lost generation? Children, young people and the pandemic
The next generation, sometimes referred to as 'Generation Z' or 'Gen Z', includes children and young people born after 1995/1996. Also known as the 'iGeneration' they are the first digital natives: they have grown up with smartphones and tablets, and most have internet access at home. While, in the EU, they are the most diverse generation when it comes to their origins, and best educated, in terms of level of education, they are the most vulnerable, including on the labour market. They are the generation ...
What future for the social economy?
Traditionally the social economy is considered to be an ever-growing set of private, formally organised enterprises and networks that build on multiple types of resources and cooperation, with local anchorage and democratic and participatory decision-making processes. Its primary aim is not to make profit but to meet the needs of its members and that of the wider society. The social economy is active in an increasing number of sectors, and while some of its actors are small non-profit organisations ...
Social and employment policies in Europe
Whilst the disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis has affected all segments of society, some groups and geographic areas have been impacted more seriously than others. The crisis has opened up the opportunity to rethink how and what could be done differently and more efficiently over the longer term in the social and employment field at European level, including the possibility of putting social and economic considerations and rights on a more equal footing within the Union's governance framework ...