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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13576
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Employment

European talent pool - European building workers' union fears a premium for social dumping and fraud

The European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) “strongly opposes the ‘EU talent pool’ proposal in its current form and urges Members of the European Parliament to reject it”, it said in a statement on Monday 10 February.

While the European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs is due to approve its position on 19 February on this platform designed to help Member States employ workers from third countries to meet specific needs (see EUROPE B13431A4),...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: could the future hold a greater role for the European Investment Bank?
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: work programme for 2025 focused on simplifying EU rules
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: on 13 February, EU Member States will again discuss possible framework of ‘return hubs’ in third countries
DIGITAL: at Paris AI Summit, France calls on EU to “simplify procedures” to “meet its commitments”
DIGITAL: 60 major companies join forces to help European AI take off
AGRICULTURE: flexible proposal from Polish Presidency of EU Council on new genomic techniques
ENERGY: Baltic States officially disconnected from Russian and Belarusian electricity systems by integrating continental European network
CLIMATE: Climate Action Network Europe calls on European Union to aim for climate neutrality by 2040
EXTERNAL ACTION
INDIA: EU wants to find areas of cooperation with New Delhi
TRADE/CLIMATE: towards simplification of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
UNITED STATES: EU reiterates its desire to protect its companies from potential tariff hikes
KOSOVO: Albin Kurti’s victory in Kosovar legislative elections casts uncertainty over country’s accession to EU
DRC: EU welcomes Dar es Salaam regional summit for peace in North Kivu
LEBANON: EU welcomes formation of new government
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION : United Nations makes progress on development of universal cooperation convention, despite withdrawal of United States
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Institute for Gender Equality calls for common framework for measuring cyber violence within European Union
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
EDUCATION: European Education and Culture Executive Agency publishes 2025 report on digital transformation in Member States
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European talent pool - European building workers' union fears a premium for social dumping and fraud
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: European banks will not have to contribute to ‘Single Resolution Fund’ in 2025
EDUCATION: European Education and Culture Executive Agency publishes update on ‘Erasmus+ 2025 Virtual Exchanges’ call for proposals
ENERGY: EU gas storage levels officially below 50%
ENVIRONMENT: Peter Liese welcomes European Commission’s intention to simplify REACH regulation
TAXATION: ETAF calls for mandatory regulations on Peppol access points in all EU Member States
BALTIC SEA: Ursula von der Leyen calls for EU/NATO complementarity in protection of strategic infrastructures
MIDDLE EAST: delegation of MEPs highlights “valuable” contribution of EU’s CSDP missions
TOURISM: European day devoted to sector will take place end of May
CORRIGENDUM
SOCIAL: no agreement between EU Council and European Parliament on extending definition of transnational issues for European Works Councils
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