On Thursday 22 October, MEPs adopted (466 votes in favour, 189 against and 32 abstentions) a report by Klára Dobrev (S&D, Hungary) calling for a reform of the ‘European Semester’ to refocus it on social convergence and thus put an end to “unhealthy” labour cost competition.
For parliamentarians, it is therefore “essential” to coordinate socio-economic and health policies in connection with the ‘European Semester’ and the European pillar of social rights “as a...