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31/01/2013
We must not wait for a miracle to happen. The labour market can be a source of recovery, and a renewed source of legitimacy for the European project, if we invest in it.
30/01/2013
Formal employment in personal and household services is important because it helps to create new job opportunities, in particular for the relatively low-skilled; find solutions for persons in need of personal care; achieve a better work-life balance by calling on service-providers to do more daily tasks performed at home, including caring for children and the elderly; fight undeclared labour; and ensure quality services and good working conditions.
29/01/2013
Sustainable profitmaking can only go hand in hand with a prosperous, cohesive and inclusive society. One where unemployment, social exclusion and social unrest are reduced to a minimum.
28/01/2013
“We must not allow the eurozone crisis to tear apart the EU into two halves: one with job-rich growth, and another one with a jobless recession and the constant threat of social unrest. We must not allow those at the bottom of society pay the highest price for the moral failure and misconduct of others on the top and in the shadow economy.”
21/01/2013
Pension funds are there — first and foremost — to serve a social purpose. Only in second place should they act as financial institutions, given the huge assets they manage. They can make a major contribution to tackling the challenge of demographic change and underpinning the sustainability of public finances and, more generally, economic performance.
08/01/2013
You do not need me to tell you that 2012 was another very bad year for Europe. After five years of economic crisis, recession has returned, unemployment has reached levels not experienced in nearly two decades and the social situation is also deteriorating. This is confirmed by the latest review of Employment and Social Developments in Europe, which the Commission is publishing today.
