Go to the Content Friday, 24 May 2013
Your search for "European Union and Social Issues" produced 475 items.
| 1. Growing tension over budget talks | May 23, 2013 |
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First bids for 2014 expected next week The European Commission is expected to propose a budget next week for 2014, the first year of the multi-annual spending plan currently... |
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| 2. EU visitors to Spain denied hospital care | May 16, 2013 |
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Commission has received complaints about 20 hospitals. The European Commission has warned that it may launch infringement action against Spain unless the country's hospitals... | |
| 3. Russia's child-shields | May 8, 2013 |
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To prevent corrupt Russian officials being barred from Europe, Russia is now using the threat of an adoption ban against European states I am no great fan of the... |
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| 4. Council staff to strike over pay and pensions | May 2, 2013 |
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Commission and Parliament officials may also take action. Staff at the Council of Ministers will go on strike on Tuesday (7 May) in protest against an attempt by the member... | |
| 5. Fears of mass migration call EU's freedoms into question | May 1, 2013 |
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Restrictions to end for Romanians, Bulgarians.
Freedom of movement and restrictions
The situation in the UK
Romania and Bulgaria
The German... |
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| 6. Commission guidelines | May 1, 2013 |
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The European Commission has proposed new guidelines for the application of the right of EU citizens to work in another member state. The guidelines are contained in a draft... |
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| 7. Council takes aim at EU staff pay, pensions and promotions | April 18, 2013 |
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Proposal realises “worst fears” of staff unions. The retirement age of European Union officials should be raised to 67, staff contributions to the EU pension scheme... |
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| 8. A painful transition | April 11, 2013 |
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The European Union's relations with healthcare have reached a watershed moment. The idea of healthcare as a purely national competence is about to be consigned to history... |
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| 9. A battle the EU can lead | April 8, 2013 |
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The EU must show leadership in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Every day, 600 children and 4,000 adults die of a treatable
and manageable disease. After decades of... |
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| 10. Discrimination at its worst | April 7, 2013 |
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The state of healthcare for Europe's Roma is appalling. The estimated ten to 12 million
Roma who live in the EU have as much to contribute to European life as... |
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| 11. Roma rights: rhetoric and reality | April 6, 2013 |
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The European Commission has the power to improve how the Roma are treated. Why is it not using that power? “It's about Europe. It's about you,” runs the official
slogan... |
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| 12. Commission requests €11bn budget top-up | April 4, 2013 |
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Lewandowski says money is to cover unpaid invoices but the UK claims the request is ‘unacceptable'. The European Commission has submitted a proposal to amend the European... |
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| 13. Miliband to the rescue! | April 4, 2013 |
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David Miliband announces he is leaving British politics. David Miliband, sometime foreign minister of the United Kingdom, will go down in European Union history as someone... |
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| 14. Why women are central to US foreign policy | March 8, 2013 |
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The world's most pressing problems cannot be solved without the full participation of women. During my first week as the United States' secretary of state, I had the honour... |
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| 15. Thinking laterally | February 28, 2013 |
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Representing the entire social sector across the European Union and maintaining connections across policy areas obliges Pierre Baussand to stay focused. With the ambition to... |
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| 16. Crime is destabilising west Africa | February 26, 2013 |
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The EU – and the rest of the world – should back international efforts to curb the growing problem of organised crime in west... |
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| 17. Fight for cash follows 2014-20 budget deal | February 14, 2013 |
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Commissioners try to make sure that their policy areas get funding. In the wake of an agreement between leaders of the European Union's member states on the Union's long-term... |
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| 18. The special regulator | February 7, 2013 |
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Gabriel Bernardino, the chairman of the Frankfurt-based European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA). Until mid-2007, the arcana of financial regulation... |
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| 19. Europe needs a comprehensive ageing policy | February 7, 2013 |
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The increase in the number of old people is leaving governments with a bigger bill, while the low birth rate means there are fewer taxpayers to foot the bill. European Voice... |
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| 20. EU moves to secure Libya's borders | January 31, 2013 |
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New mission could be sent to Tripoli in mid-2013. Foreign ministers from the European Union's member states today (31 January) approved a blueprint for a “possible”... |
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