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[Li Andersson @liandersson]

First trilogue on the Traineeship Directive was held today! The European Parliament has a clear mandate and a clear ambition: to end explotation of workers and discrimination of trainees through unpaid internships. This is will have a huge impact on the life of young Europeans.

[Roberta Metsola @EP_President]

Europe delivers.

We now have the first EU law on platform workers.

New rules that improve working conditions, ensure protection and give new rights to more than 28 million people.

We are setting new benchmarks and creating a level playing field for businesses.

[Frances Fitzgerald @FitzgeraldFrncs]

🚨 Breaking News 🚨

The Directive on combating Violence against Women now appears in the Official Journal of the EU.

From 13th of June, all EU countries will have to implement each provision so we can better prevent violence, protect victims & prosecute offenders 🇪🇺🇮🇪

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

EU unemployment in March 2024:

🇨🇿2.9%
🇵🇱2.9%
🇸🇮3.1%
🇩🇪3.2%
🇲🇹3.2%
🇳🇱3.6%
🇮🇪4.3%
🇭🇺4.3%
🇧🇬4.4%
🇦🇹4.9%
🇷🇴5.3%
🇸🇰5.4%
🇧🇪5.5%
🇱🇺5.6%
🇭🇷5.9%
🇪🇺6.0%
🇨🇾6.0%
🇵🇹6.5%
🇩🇰6.8%
🇱🇻6.8%
🇮🇹7.2%
🇫🇷7.3%
🇱🇹7.3%
🇪🇪7.8%
🇫🇮7.8%
🇸🇪8.3%
🇬🇷10.2%
🇪🇸11.7%

→ ℹ️ https://t.co/0b5WhRtgaB

@EU_Eurostat

[Thomas @setomwork]

Prepare for today's #EPSCO council meeting!

The debate on unlocking #platformwork is scheduled to start at 14:40 under the presidency's @EU2024BE direction.

The situation isn’t promising, but there's potential for a deal if the Estonian parliament @Riigikogu approves it today!

[LIBE Committee Press @EP_Justice]

As no objection in plenary was raised, trilogue negotiations on extending the European Disability Card and Parking Card to third-country residents can begin.

Rapporteurs: @AliceBahKuhnke & @ToineMandersEP (@EPSocialAffairs & @EP_Justice)

[EMPL Committee Press @EPSocialAffairs]

Today at 10.30: 🗳️ vote in @EPSocialAffairs & @EP_Justice on extending the directive on the EU disability and parking card to third-country nationals in the 🇪🇺.

Live 🔴➡️ https://t.co/xWDMPfdY6L

[SolennPaulic @SolPaulic]

confirmed: the Presidency has just announced that the issue will be addressed at the upcoming EPSCO Council (11 March) as a discussion item for ministers with a view to agreement. If in between an agreement is found at Coreper level, it will be turned into an AOB item.

[EU Council Press @EUCouncilPress]

The @EUCouncil has agreed to apply the directive on #EuropeanDisabilityCard to third-country nationals who legally reside in an 🇪🇺 member state.

Next step: negotiations with the @Europarl_EN.

The text of the negotiating mandate is now available: https://t.co/eQMCrCloJV

[Belgium in the EU @BelgiuminEU]

📲 @EUCouncil & @europarl just found a provisional agreement on the Platform Work Directive (#PWD).

This agreement still needs to be approved by the European Parliament & member states.

We hope that this can be a first step towards better protection of platform workers.

[OPP EU Employment & Social Affairs @OPPEUEmploySoc]

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[OPP EU Employment & Social Affairs @OPPEUEmploySoc]

On Tuesday, a provisional deal was reached on the controversial proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women which aimed to define criminal offences and penalties in the areas of sexual exploitation of women and children, and the rights of victims.

[OPP EU Employment & Social Affairs @OPPEUEmploySoc]

Co-Rapporteur @FitzgeraldFrncs stated that: "While this Directive does not address everything that Parliament would wish to, including an offence of rape based on a lack of consent, it does make important strides on prevention, protection and prosecution."

[Thomas @setomwork]

(2/2)

Next Steps

8 Feb - Informal talks with @gualminielisa

9 Feb - debrief in #CoreperI

16 Feb - possible consideration of a provisional agreement in #CoreperI

[Thomas @setomwork]

🧵 (1/2) The Presidency @EU2024BE will present a revised mandate on #platformwork to #CoreperI on 7 Feb.

With Member States buzzing with questions and internal backing still up in the air in the EP & the @EU_Commission, the stakes are high!

#SocialEurope #EU2024BE #GigEconomy

[EU Social 🇪🇺 @EU_Social]

EU #youth #unemployment in November 2023

🇪🇸27.9%
🇬🇷27.3%
🇵🇹23.5%
🇸🇪22.1%
🇷🇴21.1%
🇮🇹21.0%
🇸🇰20.7%
🇱🇺20.0%
🇭🇷19.0%
🇪🇪18.4%
🇨🇾17.7%
🇧🇪17.5%
🇫🇷17.4%
🇫🇮17.0%
🇱🇻14.6%
🇪🇺14.5%
🇭🇺13.7%
🇱🇹13.3%
🇮🇪12.8%
🇧🇬12.0%
🇸🇮11.8%
🇩🇰11.7%
🇵🇱10.6%
🇦🇹9.7%
🇳🇱8.2%
🇲🇹7.4%
🇨🇿6.2%
🇩🇪5.6%

via @EU_Eurostat

[OPP EU Employment & Social Affairs @OPPEUEmploySoc]

As the Belgian Presidency 🇧🇪  takes over the Council, this timeline sums up all the achievements under the Spanish Presidency 🇪🇸 and the important files to look out for in the upcoming months.
https://t.co/bA2Ln5m5B3

[Thomas @setomwork]

The Spanish Presidency @eu2023es & the EP's @gualminielisa provisional agreement on #platformwork seems to be heading for a roadblock with Member States!

#CoreperI is expected to reach a verdict today.

Brace for impact!

#SocialEurope #AI #gigeconomy