Just transition
EU Court ruling casts shadows on Europe’s largest steelmaking plant
Est. 7minThe EU Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that operations at Italy’s Ilva plant in Taranto – Europe’s largest steelmaking complex – must be suspended if they continue to “presents serious and significant dangers to the environment and human health”.
As transport electrifies, governments can still make up for lost fuel duty revenues
Est. 5minLoss of fuel duty could cost governments billions in tax revenues. William Todts, executive director at T&E, explains why, even as an environmentalist, we should be taxing electric cars
All eyes on Italy, France as swing states on ‘heavily’ revised EU supply-chain law
Est. 6minItalian and French envoys are set to hold the fate of the EU corporate due diligence law (CSDDD) in their hands on Friday (8 March), when representatives from the bloc’s 27 member states vote on a new, heavily diluted version of the draft legislation.
Giving workers a voice reduces populism, eases transitions, says foundation director
Est. 4minAllowing workers to engage with their company’s management and make a meaningful impact at the plant level has a multiplier effect that boosts democracy and Europe’s green and digital transitions according to the Hans-Böckler Foundation, which focuses on codetermination. The managing …
Taxing the rich isn’t radical – not taxing them is
Est. 9minWelcome to Euractiv’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. The new European Citizens’ initiative, which seeks to implement a European wealth tax to support the green transition comes with a healthy dose of EU …
Codetermination from an economic perspective
Est. 6minToday entire business models are under pressure and companies are testing new product portfolios in new technological directions. This analysis applies to the automotive and supplier industries in particular. Dr. Daniel Hay is the Academic Director of the Institute for …
‘Bidenomics’ ties social conditionalities to industrial policy, but EU hasn’t followed suit
Est. 5minWith its so-called Bidenomics, the US is leading the way in linking subsidies to social conditionalities, an approach that the EU has both criticised due to its impacts on competition and been reluctant to integrate into its industrial policy.
France must do more to cut down debt, Court of Auditors chief urges
Est. 5minFrance’s debt reduction plan must be more ambitious than what’s already been laid out, French Court of Auditors President and former European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici told EURACTIV France in an interview, warning that the country’s public finances were in a particularly poor state.
To tackle the climate crisis, finances need to go hand in hand with action
Est. 6minAll countries are vulnerable to the impacts of a changing climate. But their vulnerabilities are very different, with varying consequences on people, economics and the environment, writes Jorge Moreira da Silva.
German workers want green transition, but not with lower pay
Est. 5minGerman workers support the transition towards climate neutrality, but do not want to move to a different place or obtain a job with lower pay for it, a new survey found.
Commissioner: New European Works Council proposal by end of 2023
Est. 4minIn an interview with EURACTIV, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit announced that the Commission would come forward with a legislative proposal to amend the European Works Council (EWC) Directive by the end of 2023. This comes in …
French minister: EU must do away with ‘industrial and ecological naivety’
Est. 6minAs the EU sets up its response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), French industry minister Roland Lescure told EURACTIV that Europe is on the cusp of a “new green industrial revolution” – if only governments are ready to spend the necessary cash.
EU Parliament wants to strengthen European Works Councils
Est. 5minOn Thursday (2 February), the European Parliament voted in favour of a report that wants to strengthen the rights of European Works Councils (EWC) in order to reinforce the voice of employees in large European companies.
EU car manufacturing regions to collaborate in move towards electric vehicles
Est. 6minAs the automotive industry shifts from combustion engine vehicles to cleaner technology, regional governments warn of increased competition between automotive regions for a decreasing number of jobs. To prevent this, they are calling for greater collaboration.
Why does the Stability and Growth Pact not promote stability or growth?
Est. 5minAs the EU's fiscal rules are being reformed, investment in green, digital and social public goods should be excluded from the debt calculations, argues André Sobczak.
EU Commission allows collective bargaining for solo self-employed
Est. 4minTwo years after its initiative to ease collective bargaining for self-employed workers, the European Commission published new guidelines to allow collective bargaining for solo self-employed people under EU competition rules.
German MEPs argue for reform of European Works Councils Directive
Est. 4minSocial Democrat Gabriele Bischoff and Christian Democrat Dennis Radtke argue for a review of the European Works Councils Directive to give workers of large European companies more influence in strategic decisions, but European businesses fear this might weigh them down.
The transition has to come faster, can it still be just?
Est. 5minAlong with climate change and digitalisation, the Russian invasion forces the European economy to change faster than it would like to, putting companies and workers in a vulnerable position.
The ECB greens its monetary policy
Est. 4minThe European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to pay more attention to both its effect on climate change and the effect of climate change on financial stability.
European social partners to negotiate right to disconnect
Est. 4minTrade unions reached an agreement with business associations on a work programme for the social dialogue 2022-2024 that should include legally binding measures to regulate telework and institute a right to disconnect on a European level.
IndustriAll Europe’s Just Transition Manifesto
This manifesto is industrial workers’ call to policymakers to ensure a Just Transition.
A Just Transition Manifesto to save the Green Deal
Est. 7minIndustriAll Europe’s Just Transition Manifesto makes clear demands to policymakers across Europe to ensure a transition to a green economy that is fair for all workers, and that preserves and creates good quality jobs. Failure to match our climate ambitions with equally strong social ambitions will otherwise be the downfall of the Green Deal.
Workers’ voice advocates: Franco-German overlap is “window of opportunity”
Est. 4minWith France holding the EU Council presidency until July and a Social Democrat-led government in power in Germany, hopes are high in Brussels for progress on key labour-related files like the revision of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive.
EU lawmaker calls for regional transition councils
Est. 4minNew jobs offered by the green transition may not make up for the traditional jobs that will be lost, or they may move to another location, which is why workers and trade unions should be included in regional planning of the transition, according to Jens Geier, a Social Democrat lawmaker in the European Parliament.