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EU Bodies Agree to Broad Climate Targets for 2030
January 10, 2018
European Commission officials recently welcomed as a new step toward the EU's 2030 climate policy framework an agreement between the European Parliament and Council to a broad-reaching "effort sharing regulation" that will seek to reduce carbon emissions in "transport, buildings, waste and agriculture" across the EU by 30 percent.
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EC Proposes New EU-wide Working Standards
January 10, 2018
As part of its efforts toward a European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Commission (EC) has proposed a directive mandating "more transparent and predictable working conditions across the EU" by requiring more corporate disclosures to employees on working conditions and new minimum standards for workers, including those working under "atypical contracts."
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EC Sets out Principles of Economic Integration of Migrants
January 10, 2018
The European Commission (EC) has signed an agreement with a group of trade unions and business organizations called the EU Social and Economic partners setting out "key principles for the integration of refugees into the labour market" as a model of action at the European and national levels.
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CoE Chief Seeks Review of Romanian Judicial Reforms
January 09, 2018
Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary-General Thorbjørn Jagland has published a letter to Romanian President Klaus Iohannis calling for the country's authorities to seek advice from the CoE's constitutional body the Venice Commission on the compliance of a set of proposed reforms to the judiciary with "fundamental rule of law standards."
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Article: Polish Sanctions Decision Is an EU "Gamble"
January 09, 2018
An article in The Economist asserts that the European Commission's decision to trigger an EU sanctions procedure against Poland for measures aimed at reducing the independence of the country's judiciary could "backfire" and lead merely to more Polish claims of foreign political meddling if EU member states fail to advance the sanctions process.
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