Council conclusions (09/03/07)  |
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Danuta
Hübner
European Commissioner responsible for Regional
Policy "Europe responding to global
challenges"
TEFAF Business Meeting Maastricht, 9 March
2007
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Europe on the right track for more growth
and jobs, EU and social partners agree
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At today's Tripartite Social Summit, Commission
President Barroso and German Chancellor Merkel – current President of the
European Council – discussed with high-level employers' and workers'
representatives progress on the EU's jobs and growth goals. They ... |
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Commission moves fast to cut administrative
burdens for small businesses
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The European Commission has tabled a first set of
pure reduction proposals to cut unnecessary administrative burdens for
companies, primarily Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME's), without
changing the level of protection. The three proposals, aimed at ... |
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Package on Internal Market for
goods:
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1. New approach: Better Regulation to give fresh impetus to the internal
market for goods
2. Market access for products - making it easier to sell in another Member
State
3. Making it easier to buy a car in another Member State
Part I: New approach: Better ... |
Internal Market Scoreboard: Best result
ever
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Member States have never performed better in
implementing agreed Internal Market rules into national law, according to the
European Commission’s latest Internal Market Scoreboard. On average only
1.2% of Internal Market Directives for which the implementation ... |
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World renowned experts to advise President
Barroso on energy and climate change
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A newly established Advisory Group of world
renowned experts will advise the President of the European Commission, José
Manuel Barroso on energy and climate change issues. The advisors, who act in a
personal capacity, will meet as a group for the first time ... |
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Commission proposes an integrated energy and
climate change package to cut emissions for the 21st
Century
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The European Commission today proposes a
comprehensive package of measures to establish a new Energy Policy for Europe to
combat climate change and boost the EU's energy security and competitiveness.
The package of proposals set a series of ambitious targets ... |
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Better regulation: Unnecessary rules on
knots in wood get the chop.
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The quality and size of wood in the rough is
regulated in detail at EU level in Directive 68/89/EEC. The European Commission
has today proposed to repeal this directive and to leave the necessary
definition of wood criteria to standardisation organisations. ... |
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A corner stone of Better Regulation:
Simplification
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The Commission Working Document entitled
“First progress report on the strategy for the simplification of the
regulatory environment” highlights the Commission’s contribution to
the common goal shared with European Institutions and Member States to ... |
| EU Foreign Ministers prepare foreign policy issues for European Council (05/03/2007) |
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Europe's social reality
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By Roger Liddle and Frederic Lerais
Disclaimer The analysis contained in this report is personal to the authors
and does not necessarily reflect the view of the European Commission.
How can the social well-being of all Europe’s citizens be best advanced
within a ... |
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A new Consumer Strategy: Consumers must lead
the drive for growth and jobs
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Today in Brussels at the "Growth and Jobs Summit"
organised by the "Lisbon Council" think-tank, European Consumer Commissioner
Meglena Kuneva called on EU political leaders to rally behind her drive to
redefine EU Consumer policy so it most effectively ... |
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European Innovation scoreboard 2006: Summary
of the situation in the 27 Member States
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This memo provides a synopsis of the innovation
performance of the different Member States. This analysis is taken from the
Strengths and Weaknesses report accompanying the European Innovation Scoreboard
every ... |
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Joint Employment Report
2006
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What does the 2007 Joint Employment Report (JER) assess?
The JER assesses the implementation of the EU and the employment aspects of
each country's national reform programmes according to the priorities set out
under the EU's Lisbon strategy for growth and Jobs. The JER does ... |
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Implementing the renewed Lisbon Strategy:
The EESC urges the European Council to incorporate organised civil
society as a more active player
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2783rd Council Meeting Education, Youth and
Culture Brussels, 16 February 2007
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Verheugen and Hübner endorse major role for
cities and regions in achieving Lisbon objectives
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Joaquín
Almunia
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary
Affairs The EU Economy and the Lisbon Strategy for Growth
and
Jobs
Business Community in Land Nord-Rhein Westfalen Mullheim, 9 February
2007
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José Manuel
Durão Barroso
President of the European Commission Seeing the wood
for the trees: The purpose of the Lisbon
Strategy
3rd Joint Parliament Meeting on Lisbon Brussels, 6 February
2007
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Europe needs "Entrepreneurship with a human
face"
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Tampere points to cities as key areas
for EU competitiveness
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Working for growth and jobs - A year of
delivery
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The re-launched growth and jobs strategy is the
flagship policy of the Barroso Commission – and it is working. The reform
process is bearing fruit. The current economic upturn now provides a unique
window of opportunity to quicken the pace of reform. It is ... |
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Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs:
frequently asked questions
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Part One: The Commission's December 2006 Annual Progress
Report
Last year, the Commission called on Member States to "move up a gear."
Have they done so?
Yes. The pace of progress has been stepped up and the results over the last
year have improved ... |
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Measuring administrative costs and reducing
administrative burdens in the EU
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Administrative costs are important since businesses
across the EU are required to spend considerable amounts of time filling in
forms and reporting on a wide range of issues. By reducing unnecessary reporting
requirements company employees can spend more ... |
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First assessment of Community Lisbon
Programme
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This memo provides a first assessment of the
progress made in the implementation of the Community Lisbon Programme. The
Commission has adopted a staff working paper entitled “Community Lisbon
Programme: Technical Implementation Report 2006 on 18 October ... |