Commissioner Laszlo ANDOR in charge of Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Plenary session week 24  - Social investment for growth and cohesion

EMPL Committee - Vote on European Aid to the most deprived

An employee of a fish farm remove bones from trouts. The farm received a financial aid by the European Union.

EMPL Committee meeting

EMPL - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Discussion with Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth

Commissioner Viviane REDING   Vice-President in charge of Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship meets with Commissioner Laszlo ANDOR in charge of Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Herman VAN ROMPUY - President of the Council of the European Union  Jose Manuel BARROSO - EC President  Martin SCHULZ  - EP President

Meeting with Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and employees of the Nobel Institute and signing of formal papers

Joint ECON-EMPL committee meeting.  Economic dialogue on the annual growth survey and exchange of views

Laszlo ANDOR, Commissioner in charge of Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion meets with Alfredo PEREZ RUBALCABA, PSE's General Secretary

Interview with EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Employment, Alois PFEIFFER.

An employer of Hungarian medicine factory Sanofi works in Veresegyhaz 35 kms from Budapest on July 16, 2012.

Young woman at Manpower Job search office in Athens

Local mini-market in Athens

Employee at the  Marseille Provence Airport, controls planes after their landing

Economy: IKA (Social Security Organisation) in Greece

IKA (Social Security Organisation) in Ilioupolis Suburb

Handyman. Ready-to-assemble furniture

Consumer Protection Textile Industry Factory

Employees work at the  G.Tosi textile factory.

A labor inspection team controls for illegal workers at a mine site in Luxembourg.

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

EMPL

Marianne THYSSEN, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility

UNKN

Application of the Employment Equality Directive (debate)

Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate)

EMPL - Presentation of the Belgian Presidency of the Council

EMPL - FEMM joint Committee meeting

Live replay of the exchange of views on the update on Brexit negotiations with Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), EP coordinator for the negotiations with the UK, in EP's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL).

(03) Update on Brexit negotiations by Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), EP coordinator for the negotiations with the UK (15:58 - 16:08)

(04) Update on Brexit negotiations by Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), EP coordinator for the negotiations with the UK. Questions by David CASA (EPP, MT), Sergio GUTIERREZ PRIETO (S&D, ES) and Anthea McINTYRE (ECR, UK) (16:08 - 16:19)

Debate with Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), EP Coordinator for the negotiations with the UK, on Brexit negotiations during the meeting of the Committee&nbsp;on Employment&nbsp;and social Affairs (EMPL) in the EP in Brussels.

Brexit negotiations: extracts from the debate with Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), EP Coordinator for the negotiations with the UK

Coming up at the plenary session in Strasbourg: MEPs will discuss Turkey, tax transparency for multinationals, precarious employment, private security companies and the first-ever EU-Cuba agreement.

Coming up in Strasbourg: from Turkey to tax transparency

The European Parliament will be tackling issues from anti-dumping duties, the EU's space strategy, the first-ever cooperation agreement with Cuba, and more.

Coming up in Brussels: from anti-dumping duties to Cuba

EU Member States are facing employment shortages in a number of key sectors: Europe could need up to 756,000 skilled ICT workers and around a million healthcare professionals by 2020. A revised EU Blue Card aims to attract the world's best and brightest.

EU Blue Card: filling the skills gap

Christine studied architecture in Athens, Michele went to Budapest - both as Erasmus students. They are part of a generation whose life was shaped by the Erasmus programme.

Portraits of the Erasmus Generation

The situation and rights of EU citizens in the UK is discussed during the joint hearing at the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Committee on Petitions (PETI) in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Anne-Laure DONSKOY, Representative of the 3 million group, Jan DOERFL, Immigration barrister in the UK, Charlie JEFFERY, Professor at the University of Edinburgh, Leona BASHOW, British Petinioner, and Anne WILKINSON, British Petitioner.

The situation and rights of EU citizens in the UK: extracts from the joint hearing at EMPL, LIBE, and PETI Committees

Guy VERHOFSTADT, European Parliament's Chief Brexit negotiator, gives the opening remarks on the situation and rights of EU citizens in the UK during the joint hearing at the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Committee on Petitions (PETI) in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Claude MORAES (S&amp;D, UK), Chair of the LIBE Committee, Cecilia WIKSTROM (ALDE, SE), Chair of the PETI Committee, Renate WEBER (ALDE, RO), Vice-Chair of the EMPL Committee, Danuta Maria HUBNER (EPP, PL), Chair of AFCO Committee, and Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), EP's Chief Brexit negotiator.

The situation and rights of EU citizens in the UK: extracts from the opening remarks by Guy VERHOFSTADT, European Parliament's Chief Brexit negotiator

The House of European History opens its doors next week, while MEPs are set to discuss the EU’s blacklist of countries at risk of money laundering, regulating private security companies and more during committee meetings.

Coming up in Brussels: from a new museum to the sharing economy

During the EP Plenary session (26-27/04/2017) in Brussels, Marianne THYSSEN, Member of the EC in charge of Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility presents and discusses with MEPs the Commission&rsquo;s &ldquo;Social Pillar&rdquo; initiative to ensure social protection, dignity and a decent work-life balance for EU citizens. Statements by Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Vice-President of the EC in charge of the Euro and Social Dialogue, Fran&ccedil;oise GROSSETETE (EPP, FR), Maria Joao RODRIGUES (S&amp;D, PT), Rina Ronja KARI (GUE/NGL, DK), Tatjana ZDANOKA (Greens/EFA, LV) and Jutta STEINRUCK (S&amp;D, DE).

European Pillar of Social Rights and work-life balance initiative: extracts from the debate

Some things in life are overrated. EU citizenship is not one of them. Being a citizen of the European Union opens up more than just borders to its residents. You can build your life in another EU country. You have rights as a student, worker, job seeker and pensioner in any Member State. You even have the opportunity to raise your family in your adopted home too.

Your EU citizenship rights

For the first time, the European Parliament will vote on a revision that will allow the EU's budget to adapt to fast-changing realities. MEPs want more flexibility in the use of funds, especially when emergencies arise.

EU multiannual budget: Ready for new realities

The European Parliament recently adopted a set of three resolutions exploring the future of the European Union. EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker throws five other scenarios into the hat.

Juncker: "Where are you going, Europe?"

From monetary matters to regional funding, MEPs keep an eye on the EU's economic policies

Monitoring the EU's economy

The EU is only halfway towards achieving gender equality and progress has been slow, with only marginal improvement over the last decade. MEPs are pushing for a string of actions to finally close the gender gap. 

Closing Europe's gender gap

The refugee crisis highlights differing opinions to migration among Member States. The European Union is working to fairly distribute refugees across Europe. Migration is important to the EU's economic future. Just ask Mexican migrant Montserrat, who came from Mexico to work in Germany through the EU Blue Card scheme.

Common goals: Migration

Youth unemployment is one of the biggest challenges in some EU countries. Like Portugal for example. Sérgio Oliveira manages an employment scheme which helps young people to find work. The EU is supporting projects like this, as well as introducing a European Pillar of Social Rights to integrate these issues into its core values. With more funding to social schemes like Sérgio's, the EU will be able to improve the lives of more citizens.

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Plenary session week 24 - Social investment for growth and cohesion