SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Social

Participants in Porto Social Forum hope that progress reports on implementation of European Pillar of Social Rights will become permanent feature

Brussels, 26/05/2023 (Agence Europe)

On 26 and 27 May, the Portuguese government will host a ‘Social Forum’ in Porto to take stock of the implementation of the commitments made by European leaders in May 2021 at the Porto Social Summit (see EUROPE B12716A3).

At the summit, the EU27 backed the European Commission’s action plan on the European pillar of social rights, with three major objectives for 2030 relating to the employment rate (at least 78% of the population aged between 20 and 64 in employment), continuing...