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VAT fraud: economic impact, challenges and policy issues
In spite of a comprehensive anti-VAT fraud regulatory framework, the EU Member States are losing billions of euros each year on account of fraud. As the EU VAT system is…
Health and social security
While the main responsibility for health and social security lies primarily with the governments of the individual European Union (EU) Member States, the EU complements national policies, especially those…
The fight against unemployment
By promoting a high level of employment, the European Union (EU) has been fighting against unemployment since as long ago as the early 1950s. The fight against unemployment was…
Employment MEPs want to ensure more flexibility and clarity for EU mobile workers
Updated rules for EU mobile workers aim to protect fair access to social security while distributing obligations fairly and fostering cooperation among member states. The modernised rules for coordinating social security systems,…
Schengen: new rules for temporary checks at national borders
Internal border checks within the Schengen area would be limited to a maximum of one year, instead of the current two-year period, the Civil Liberties Committee agreed. The Schengen Borders…
EU Budget 2019: focus on the young, on migration and innovation
MEPs set the overall EU Budget for 2019 at € billion for commitments and € billion in payments. Negotiations with the Council take place in November. In their budgetary resolution,…
Deal on protecting workers from exposure to harmful substances
A deal on new EU rules to better protect workers from exposure to carcinogenic and mutagenic substances was struck by Employment Committee MEPs and the Council. 12 million workers in…
Brexit effect: a majority of Maltese people would vote to stay in the EU
The latest Eurobarometer survey, measuring public attitudes to the EU across the bloc, highlights that more people than ever consider their country’s membership of the European Union to be a…
Employment Committee MEPs want to boost workers’ rights
New rules on minimum rights for workers in on-demand, voucher-based or platform employment, such as Uber or Deliveroo, were approved by the Employment Committee. Employment Committee MEPs said that…
Parliament pushes for cleaner cars on EU roads by 2030
CO2 emissions from new cars should be cut by 40% by 2030 and market uptake of electric and low- emission cars should accelerate. In the draft law, MEPs proposed…