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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11741
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS / Social

Social partners sign framework agreement on active ageing and inter-generational approach

On Wednesday 8 March, European social partners endorsed a framework agreement providing tools and measures to enable more elderly workers remain on the labour market until the legal age of retirement, whilst facilitating inter-generational transition in a context of high youth unemployment.

This framework agreement is the result of nine months of negotiations and responds to demographic challenges. It was initialled by the employers (BusinessEurope, UEAPME, CEEP) and trade unions (European...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Poland steps up its challenge to Donald Tusk's re-election
FUTURE OF EU: Work together, if possible, at different speeds, if necessary
BALKANS: EU expected to highlight commitment to support stability in a region suffering high levels of tension
MIGRATION: Renewed support for measures taken to flag up departures of migrants from Libya to EU
TRADE: Twenty-Eight to reaffirm EU's commitment to free-trade and multilateral system
ETS: Summit could see challenge to Council post-2020 ETS agreement in principle
JUSTICE: Towards launch of enhanced cooperation on European Public Prosecutor's Office
SECTORAL POLICIES
WOMEN: Europe still has some way to go to achieve gender equality
MIGRATION: Commissioner prepares to travel to Budapest for a serious discussion about detention of asylum seekers
SPACE: European Commission seeks to develop Copernicus programme 'security' section
SPACE: Commission seeking methodology for accurately measuring economic impact of Copernicus programme
AGRICULTURE: Fall in EU milk supply helped price recovery
AGRICULTURE: Twelve EU countries want more flexibility on coupled payments
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca forecast stable cereal production in 2017
CLIMATE: FERN NGO accuses Finland of attempting to conceal its forest emissions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Vehicle component suppliers fined over four cartels
ECB: European Left calls for more transparency in monetary institute's decisions
EXTERNAL ACTION
SINGAPORE: Malmström intends to affirm EU's support for swift application of free trade agreement
ASEAN: Ministerial discussion in Manila on 10 March on how to relaunch free trade talks with EU
TRADE: Chile to open its market to EU beef exports
GEORGIA: EU confident Georgia will respect European Court of Human Rights' decision on Rustavi 2
WESTERN SAHARA: Polisario calls on EU to suspend payments under EU-Morocco fisheries protocol
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Social partners sign framework agreement on active ageing and inter-generational approach
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Still no agreement from institutions on organic products
BUDGET: UK expected to pay EU €2 billion for insufficient recovery of customs duties
COHESION: Bavaria gets assistance from EU Solidarity Fund
ETS: Member states can demand return of unused and undue emissions quotas
FINANCE: Adoption of new draft on Priips technical standards for retail financial products
UNITED KINGDOM: Lords want UK parliament to have vote on outcome of EU divorce talks