Skills shortage worsens EU unemployment [de] [fr]
An expert report is demanding urgent action to address chronic skills shortages in Europe's labour market, as unemployment in the euro zone hits 10%.
NGOs defy Commission on 'EU 2020' agenda
Social and environmental NGOs have reacted angrily to claims by the European Commission that they "broadly support" draft plans for a new growth and jobs strategy.
Services Directive causes further EU headaches
Member states are struggling to bring the EU Services Directive into national law while carefully watching other countries' development, a EurActiv round-up has found.
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Free movement of labour in the EU 27 [fr] [de]
Few of the EU's 'older' and wealthier member states continue to restrict access to their labour markets to workers from Eastern Europe, with Germany and Austria the only countries opting to...
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Labour market reforms [fr] [de]
In the wake of the global financial and economic crises, the EU is developing a new labour market strategy as part of its successor to the 'Lisbon Agenda' for economic, social and...
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Services in the Internal Market [fr] [de]
The directive on services in the internal market was designed to break down barriers to trade in services across the EU, and help complete the single market. Despite most member states...
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