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Commission's proposals to tackle unemployment set the right priorities |
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 |
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 According to GRTU, the European Commission focused on the right priorities and struck the right balance between actions on the supply side and on the demand side of the economy. GRTU was particularly pleased with the Commission's proposal to boost vocational training, which now includes an ambitious quantitative target of 5 million apprenticeships before 2010, and with the suggested joint EIB-EC micro-credit scheme for loans to micro enterprises.
Employment and Social Affairs Director at UEAPME Liliane Volozinskis offered the following comments: "The European Commission has clearly taken our messages on board, emphasising the importance of flexicurity to modernise labour markets and focusing on the right priorities to safeguard employment during the present downturn. The European Council should endorse this ambitious plan."
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GRTU backs EuroCommerce's complaint against Visa Europe |
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 |
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 12 years after its initial complaint against Visa and MasterCard, EuroCommerce is today lodging a new complaint against Visa Europe.
The European retail association argues that the fees, set by Visa and its member banks and imposed on retailers, constitute an infringement of European competition law. It was the imposition of exactly such fees which led the European Commission to rule against MasterCard in December 2007. EuroCommerce calls for the same robust decision against Visa.
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009 |
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 The EU is considering expanding the use of food labels to show where the product was farmed. The step follows a Europe-wide consultation on the issue of food quality. Farmers, producers and consumers voiced strong support for greater use of ‘place-of-farming' labels.
Such labels indicate the country of harvest, not where the product was processed. They are already mandatory for some foods sold in the EU, including unprocessed beef, poultry, fruit, vegetables, eggs, honey, wine and olive oil.
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