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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
Petrov presents the Youth Guarantee implementation report, highlighting achievements and persistent gaps, followed by group reactions on reaching vulnerable youth, quality and conditionality of offers and funding needs, and a Commission call to focus on strengthening implementation rather than redesigning the instrument.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
Members examine Ceulemans’ draft opinion on the performance regulation for the next MFF, discussing how to protect the social dimension, social investment and democratic control over indicators, while budget co‑rapporteurs, political groups and the Commission debate social targets, coefficients, subsidiarity and the limits of the regulation’s scope.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
The committee opens with Ceulemans’ legislative own‑initiative report on psychosocial risks, detailing the case for a dedicated EU directive, key preventive and enforcement provisions, and differing political views on the need for new EU‑level rules, before the Commission recalls its mental health work and the Chair sets amendment deadlines and next steps.
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EMPL ICM "Human Work in the Digital Age"
Li Andersson and 4 others
National MPs detail domestic measures and concerns on psychosocial risks, right to disconnect and algorithmic oversight, leading into final expert and MEP conclusions on prevention, enforcement and social‑partner roles, and the Chair’s formal closure and indication of follow‑up work on AI and OSH.
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EMPL ICM "Human Work in the Digital Age"
The Chair opens Session 2 on psychosocial risks linked to digitalisation, with EU‑OSHA presenting EU‑wide evidence on remote work, AI‑based tools and digital monitoring, and legislators and social partners outlining contrasting views on the need for a new EU directive versus relying on the existing OSH acquis.
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EMPL ICM "Human Work in the Digital Age"
Li Andersson and 9 others
MEPs present Parliament’s priorities for implementing and extending the Platform Work Directive and AI‑related safeguards, followed by Spanish and French legislative experiences and a broader interparliamentary debate on bogus self‑employment, algorithmic management, taxation of AI and the scope of EU protections beyond platform workers.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
Session I on digitalisation and new forms of work is launched around the Platform Work Directive and future AI and labour rules, followed by an ILO expert’s overview of global trends and emerging standards on transparency and social dialogue, and MEP Marc Angel’s focus on monitoring the directive and risks from upcoming ‘digital omnibus’ proposals.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Commission outlines its roadmap towards a Quality Jobs Act linked to productivity, skills and competitiveness, then reviews how existing EU instruments (AI Act, GDPR, OSH and Platform Work Directive) address AI at work while signalling possible targeted EU action to close remaining protection gaps.
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EMPL ICM "Human Work in the Digital Age"
The EMPL Chair, Council Presidency and Commission set the overall EU political and regulatory context for AI and digitalisation at work, then formally launch Session 1 on platform work and algorithmic management with an ILO contribution on global risks and standard‑setting.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
The interparliamentary meeting on AI and work is opened and framed, after which the Cypriot Labour Minister for the Council Presidency presents a human‑centred AI approach, psychosocial and OSH risks, the role of the Platform Work Directive, skills and lifelong learning priorities, ethics, data transparency and social dialogue.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
Members vote on compromise and individual amendments to the sixth revision of the CMRD6 directive, followed by roll‑call votes adopting the amended report and authorising the committee to enter interinstitutional negotiations with Council and Commission.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the EMPL meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, then reports on recent fact‑finding missions to Italy and Greece focusing on youth marginalisation, migrant and seasonal workers, occupational risks and Youth Guarantee implementation gaps.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
Formal closure of the EMPL committee meeting by Chair Li Andersson, with thanks to Executive Vice-President Minzatu and members, reminder of forthcoming detailed information on MFF social spending, and indication of the schedule for the next committee and coordinators’ meetings.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Executive Vice‑President details upcoming initiatives on skills portability, fair labour mobility, e‑declaration reform, reinforcement of the ESF and the European Labour Authority, and links these to in‑work poverty reduction and the 2027 European Care Deal, while Minzatu adds budgetary and policy orientations on the Child Guarantee, platform workers’ rights and access to services of general interest within the next Social Rights Action Plan.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
In a second Q&A round, MEPs question the regulatory scope and youth impact of the Quality Jobs Act (including AI at work, right to disconnect, health and safety, under‑reporting of accidents and subcontracting), the intergenerational design of the anti‑poverty strategy, enforcement of collective bargaining and minimum wage rules, fragmented skills and training standards (notably in the social sector), e‑declaration deadlock, bogus posting and third‑country subcontracting, strengthening and funding the Child Guarantee, support for carers and persons with disabilities, services of general interest, and the powers of ELA; Minzatu clarifies that the Quality Jobs Act will close protection gaps while skills policies support employability, confirms an intergenerational and gender lens in anti‑poverty work, outlines skills portability via a common skills vocabulary, commits to relaunch e‑declaration talks and integrate anti‑dumping measures in the labour mobility package, sketches reinforced Child Guarantee and Care Deal plans, insists on equal AI and algorithmic‑management protections for all workers, and links these initiatives to a strong ESF and more effective ELA.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
MEPs press the Commission on preserving a stand‑alone and sufficiently funded ESF in the next MFF, the absence of any ‘social omnibus’ deregulation, the future of crisis instruments like the EGF, use of ESF+ for abortion access, links between competitiveness, labour costs, AI and work culture, implementation of the human capital recommendation and VET attractiveness, concrete EU tools to tackle homelessness and housing shortages, the labour‑law implications of the ‘28th regime’, and the treatment of AI, algorithmic management and subcontracting in the forthcoming Quality Jobs Act; Minzatu defends integrated financing with a 14% social minimum, rules out a social omnibus, clarifies ESF+/healthcare eligibility, upholds platform work and pay transparency rules, details skills and demographic policies (including a future European Care Deal), explains housing‑related instruments and protections against social dumping, and responds to the Chair’s request for a detailed breakdown of the Commission’s €100 billion social‑spending estimate versus Parliament’s lower figures.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the EMPL structured dialogue and Executive Vice‑President Minzatu presents the Commission’s social agenda, detailing the upcoming EU anti‑poverty strategy and housing exclusion recommendation, reinforcement of the European Child Guarantee, the Fair Labour Mobility Package (Social Security Pass, stronger ELA, skills portability), the Quality Jobs Roadmap towards a Quality Jobs Act by 2026, and safeguards for social spending (minimum 14%) in the next MFF and competitiveness fund.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
ELA’s Boiançu presents the new EURES shortages and surpluses analysis, then answers MEPs’ questions on public employment services, green and digital transitions, low‑wage sectors, migration and the definition of ‘shortage’, and finally outlines plans to harmonise data, sequence recruitment from local to EU level and upgrade EURES into a more AI‑enabled, public matching platform before the Chair closes the session.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
Chairs introduce Parliament’s housing line and ask about upcoming EU initiatives, Commissioner Jørgensen presents the Affordable Housing Plan and its energy link, and MEPs question him on rents, public intervention, ETS2, energy poverty, vulnerable groups, financialisation, homelessness, sanctions on Russia and future funding, with the Commissioner outlining EU tools, limits of competence and possible next MFF orientations.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
Rapporteur, shadows and the Commission discuss raising the Erasmus+ budget, rebalancing earmarking between education, youth and sport, tackling elitism and logistical barriers, safeguarding labour standards in volunteering, and addressing concerns about politicisation and respect for national competences while preserving the programme’s citizenship and inclusion role.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
MEPs debate how the ECF should mainstream skills, involve social partners, support SMEs and respect the European social model, while some groups criticise the green and defence orientations, and the Commission details how skills and worker protection are embedded in the proposal ahead of compromise work.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
Rapporteur and political groups set out competing lines on integrating ESF+ into National and Regional Partnership Plans versus keeping a standalone fund with minimum social spending, enabling conditions and strong child‑guarantee financing, followed by the Commission’s defence of the NRPP approach and announcement of amendment deadlines.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
Chair opens the sitting, recalls procedural context and conducts three electronic roll‑call votes on pilot projects/preparatory actions and EGF‑related files, all adopted with strong majorities.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair closes the exchange by thanking agency directors and experts, underlining continued cooperation with EMPL agencies, and announcing the committee’s reconvening the following morning for votes and further legislative business.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
MEPs question EU‑OSHA on OSH costs, psychosocial risks and cancer, ETF on skills systems, migration and gender equality in partner countries, and Eurofound on surveys, job quality, undeclared work and the care economy, to inform EMPL positions on occupational safety, external skills partnerships, demographic change and social convergence.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
MEPs hold focused exchanges with Cedefop on skills intelligence, mobility and access to training and with ELA on its enforcement mandate, risk‑based inspections, digital tools and resourcing, probing how both agencies can better support EU labour mobility, recognition of qualifications, fair working conditions and national inspectorates.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the EMPL meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, notes membership and interpretation, and hears the rapporteur’s political debrief on the revision of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund before introducing the annual exchange on 2026 priorities with EMPL agencies and a first political Q&A on their mandates, data needs and links to EMPL legislative work.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Working group CRPD Network meeting
The two MEPs present publicly criticize their colleagues’ absence, apologize to staff and stakeholders, denounce the lack of commitment to disability rights, announce internal follow‑up, and formally close the meeting early.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Working group CRPD Network meeting
The chair notes that they are still waiting for MEPs to join, explains this is a short information point, and indicates uncertainty about who will present from the MEP side, already hinting at very low political attendance.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Ordinary meeting
Chair introduces the Vision Zero motion and proposed EU Remembrance Day, followed by political group positions and demands on scope and enforcement, the Commission’s preference to reinforce the existing 28 April OSH day, the rapporteur’s conclusions, indication of amendment deadlines and vote timing, and the formal closure of the EMPL meeting with schedule information.
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