After several years of intense negotiations, the EU institutions have agreed on the reform of the EU fiscal rules. However, rather than using this opportunity to create fiscal rules that can respond to Europe’s current and future challenges, the final outcome has fallen far short. As part of the Fiscal Matters coalition and alongside other […]
Published at a time when the EU’s full commitment to social issues is in doubt, the Letta Report‘s proposals on the future of the Single Market and its implications for social Europe is worth focusing our attention on. As Social Platform, we are seeing that the space given to social policies continues to shrink. The […]
Today, on 16 April 2024, Social Platform welcomes the signing of the La Hulpe Declaration. In particular, we welcome the inter-institutional commitment by the European Parliament, European Commission & Council of the EU that re-affirms the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) as the compass for EU policy making, re-commits the EU to meeting the […]
Letter to European Council: Support public investments
For millions of people across the EU, staying above the poverty line is a daily struggle. It is both unsurprising and unacceptable that in the run-up to the EU elections, Eurobarometer found that on the cost of living 65% surveyed were not satisfied with the measures taken by their national government, and 57% were dissatisfied […]
The Fiscal Matters coalition published a joint statement on the outcomes of the trilogue negotiations on the revision of the EU fiscal rules (Economic Governance review). In this statement, we voice strong concerns about the outcome of the trilogue, which does not constitute an adequate response to the challenges ahead. The revised rules keep focusing […]
Fiscal Matters statement on trialogue outcome
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Social Platform welcomes the decision of the EPSCO Council today, 11 March, to approve the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council on the Platform Work Directive. While falling short of the ambition to harmonise EU rules for platform workers, this agreement nonetheless represents significant progress for platform workers. Member […]
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