Spain and Belgium submitted a proposal to the other Member States at the EU Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO), on Friday 15 October, to introduce a social imbalance alert mechanism in the context of the ‘European Semester’ budget process.
The Spanish Minister of Labour and Economy, Yolanda Díaz Pérez, opened the round table by presenting their joint document. It is a system designed to identify and respond to imbalances in social rights quickly and...