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More importance should be given to apprentices
Apprentices make a great deal of sense in the world of employment. From promising employees who are gaining invaluable skills to companies that can start to train their employees…
Adding value to EU’s social dimension
The reflection paper on the EU's social dimension, one of five papers following the White Paper on the Future of Europe, is the European Commission's contribution to a debate…
More funds needed for growth, jobs, security, and climate change
MEPs set overall EU budget for 2018 at € billion (+ on the Commission’s draft budget) for commitments and € billion (+) for payments. In their budgetary resolution, MEPs…
Need to give more importance to Vocational Training and Education
The second European Week of Vocational Skills, organised by the European Commission, was celebrated in Brussels and other countries around Europe during the last few days. This activity served…
The sustainability of pensions needs to be addressed through long term policies
The sustainability of pensions and adequate solutions to the pensions issue, such as the introduction of government bonds that mature once one retires, were among the ideas raised during…
Zero tolerance for sexual harassment and abuse
Members of the European Parliament strongly condemned any form of sexual violence and deplore the fact that these acts are too easily tolerated. Perpetrators must be punished, they add. …
EU Disability Card
To help people with disabilities travel more easily between EU countries, the EU is developing a system of mutual recognition based on an EU Disability Card. Currently, there is no mutual recognition…
The Social Pillar should make a difference in the life of workers
The UĦM Voice of the Workers, together with the European Centre for Workers' Questions (EZA) is holding a seminar on the European Pillar of Social Rights at the Cavalieri Hotel in St…
Where are our values gone?
There is no longer any trust in this country. Two incidents in particular have stained Malta’s reputation – the Panama Papers scandal that shook local politics and, worse than…
Euro area maintains a stable inflation rate
Statistics for September 2017 published by Eurostat showed that the inflation rate of the Euro Area remains stable at , when compared to the annual inflation in 2017, which…