German trade union boss questions EU carbon price on petrol, gas on 25/03/24 The introduction of an EU-wide carbon price on heating and road fuels in 2027 should be reconsidered, Yasmin Fahimi, president of the German trade union confederation (DGB), said in Berlin on Saturday (23 March). Long subcontracting chains foster injustice, says ETUC leader [Advocacy Lab Content] on 22/03/24 Long subcontracting chains lock workers out of rights, and lock injustices in, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) General Secretary Esther Lynch said during a debate on abusive subcontracting practices in Europe. The Brief – EU industry: Uncompetitive by design? on 22/03/24 As we approach the European elections, competitiveness is the talk of the hour. And yet, with industrial competitiveness taking centre stage in economic policy debates, it is worth keeping in mind that rising carbon prices will make some industries even less competitive in the future – by design. The elusive question of what can save Europe from deindustrialisation on 22/03/24 Record interest rates, slowing global demand, massive Chinese and US industrial subsidies, and high energy prices are laying waste to the EU’s industrial base. Can Europe reverse the decline? Bolstering Europe’s resilience by strengthening the single market on 22/03/24 The European Economic Area, extending the single market and its four freedoms to Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, has been a remarkable success story since its inception in 1994. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Daniel Risch, and Jonas Gahr Støre explain how to build on its strengths. European workers missed out on corporate ‘inflation-busting’ 2023 profits as real wages kept sliding on 21/03/24 Real wages in the EU declined for the second successive year in 2023 as nominal salary increases failed to keep up with persistent inflation, according to a study published on Thursday (21 March) by Europe’s largest trade union organisation. EU leaders to discuss more joint borrowing to fund bloc’s military-industrial complex on 21/03/24 EU leaders are looking at a serious debate on Thursday (21 March) about how to fund the ramp-up of the bloc’s defence industry to answer Ukraine's needs and match the Europeans’ ambition to become an independent security player. Lobby groups call for business-friendly turn of the EU Green Deal on 20/03/24 Ahead of the European Parliament elections in June, business groups have presented their wish lists for the next legislative cycle, focussing on simplifying rules and paperwork but not calling to turn away from climate policy. EU Single Market report: Letta wants to mimic US tax credits on 20/03/24 Former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta, in charge of the long-awaited Single Market Report, wants to propose a tool resembling tax credits used by the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), he said on Tuesday (19 March). EU auditors warn of ‘irregularity or even corruption’ in bloc’s pandemic recovery fund on 20/03/24 The EU’s auditing body has warned that the European Commission’s strategy of relying on member states to ensure the money of the pandemic recovery fund is properly spent is heightening the “risk of irregularity or even corruption”.
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