Position adopted at the Executive Committee of 5-6 December 2012

Brussels, 07-08/12/2011 {{ {Foreword } }} On the 26 June 2011 the Commission issued the proposal on “A Budget for Europe 2020”, defining the new EU financial perspectives for the period from 2014 to 2020. On the 6October the Commission published its proposals for the Regulation covering all the EU structural instruments and the legislative package of EU regional, employment and social policy for 2014-2020.

Brussels, 07-08/12/2011

Brussels, 07-08/12/2011 Introduction

Brussels, 07/12/2011 The European Trade Union Confederation Executive Committee wishes to send you a strong and urgent message in the context of the European Council discussion of changes in the Lisbon Treaty. It is the future of citizens, and not the opinion of rating agencies, to which your concerns must be directed. Your common political leadership is essential to prevent a collapse of our economies, recession, mass unemployment and social unrest. Don’t stifle growth and jobs. Don’t imprison EU countries in an economic straitjacket.

Brussels, 19-20/10/2011 Introduction

Brussels, 19-20/10/2011 {{ }}In December 2011, international climate negotiators will converge on Durban (South Africa) for the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the Kyoto Protocol set to expire in 2012, these international negotiations are crucial to ensuring the future framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. {{International Demands: Avoiding a regulatory gap on emissions and implementing Just Transition }}

Brussels, 19-20/10/2011

Brussels, 19-20/10/2011

Brussels, 19-20/10/2011 An extremely dangerous situation The economic situation of the Eurozone has gone from bad to worse during the last period; it reached extremely dangerous levels during the last weeks and days. At the same time, the social situation is deteriorating dramatically: inequalities and poverty are rising; unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, has reached intolerable levels, over 20% in most countries and over 40% in Spain and Greece.

Brussels, 2011

Brussels, 25/06/2011