Recent economic shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic and the energy crisis in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have brought energy poverty to the forefront of social and political debate. While EU policies increasingly address energy poverty, gender considerations remain overlooked. This study addresses this gap and aims to increase the understanding of the gender-energy poverty nexus, analysing existing literature and EU and national policies.
The decline of employment in the European agriculture sector increases the need of EU and non-EU seasonal workers at peaks of planting and harvesting activities. EU citizens’ freedom and right to work across the Union allows the proper functioning of the market economy by providing labour where and when it is needed. Still, after 30 years of the single market, once seasonal workers arrive at their destination, they are subject to fragmented, often localised, employment arrangements and rules.
The Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (known by its French acronym of CCMI, Commission Consultative des Mutations Industrielles), is the heir of the European Coal and Steel Community (CECA in French) and joined the EESC in 2002. Since then, the CCMI’s remit does no longer only cover the traditional coal and steel sectors but has been extended to embrace all sectors of industry in both manufacturing and services.
This brochure provides a review of the socio-economic realities of ageing in Europe and the challenges and opportunities that this new "silver economy" entails.
Over the years, European value chains have become increasingly relevant to employment in the EU. While research on industrial value chains is broadly covered in recent years, the effects of value-chains in European service sectors still needs to be quantified. Especially the impact of cross border services in the EU need further coverage. This study tries to fill this gap by quantifying the number of employees dependent on the exports of services to other member states.
Ensuring health security for future generations within the EU
In this issue:
Members on ways to ensure (mental) health security
Guest articles by Lejla Šehić Relić (Centre for European Volunteering), Ian Mostert (Dutch Institute for Nature Education) and Christelle Savall (Young European Federalists)
Interview with rapporteur Miguel Ángel Cabra de Luna on how to address loneliness (EESC opinion SOC/813)
Our members present their ideas for the future of health policy in the EU
Guest articles by Marc De Paoli (Managing Director, Liège University Hospital), Sylvianne Portugaels (Director-General, Citadelle Hopital) and Martyna Kowacka (Chief Commissioner, Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP))
Interview with rapporteur Krzysztof Balon on the EESC opinion 'Digitalisation in social security'
Report on our recent #EUelections2024 conference on 'Building Together the EU We Want'
In order to gain a better understanding - from the organised civil society’s point of view - of the implementation of the Services Directive in the construction sector, the Single Market Observatory (SMO) in cooperation with the Labour Market Observatory (LMO) carried out a pilot study in a number of Member States of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal and Romania).
