Social rights in the Western Balkans – SRM23 Conference in Tirana SOLIDAR & CLR present the Social Rights Monitor to Albanian stakeholders – the role of the EPSR in the Western Balkans SOLIDAR’s Albanian member Center for Labour Rights (CLR) held an event in Tirana dedicated to the findings of the Social Rights Monitor 2023,…
The EU finally sees platform workers: member states should not be short-sighted in transposing the directive On 24th April the European Parliament plenary formally voted in favour of the Directive to improve working conditions in platform work, moving one step closer to the final adoption of this piece of legislation, which at this stage only…
April 15, 2024 The citizens’ initiative urges the European Commission to implement a European wealth tax, creating a new revenue source for the European Union. This revenue would support European environmental and social policies, as well as development cooperation, with shared financing from Member States. It aims to fight climate change, inequality, and ensure shared…
On 13th March, Members of the European Parliament adopted the political agreement for a recast Single-Permit Directive. The text proposes important improvements to migrant workers’ lives and working conditions that were pushed by Civil Society Organisations (including SOLIDAR) and Trade Unions. As the situation stands now, single-permit holders willing to leave their employer may…
European Roundtable – Turning the EPSR principles into practice SOLIDAR held its European Roundtable 2024 on 12 February in the Austrian Permanent Representation to the EU, in Brussels. The event was co-organised with our partners Foundation for Progressive Studies (FEPS), Social Platform, AK Europa and the European Policy Centre (EPC) and was the occasion to…
The study titled “The Social Pillar and the future of the EU Social Agenda” was co-authored by Danielle Brady, Tommaso Grossi, Laura Rayner from EPC and thanks to the contribution of SOLIDAR, Social Platform, Foundation of Progressive Studies, AK Europa. This study acknowledges the progress made in the EU social policies since the introduction of the…
BRIEFING PAPER #106: SOLIDAR Reviews EU POLICIES on Access to Essential Services December 28, 2023 In June, the European Commission (EC) released its first-ever assessment report on Access to Essential Services in the European Union. This comprehensive and long-awaited report examined the extent of access to Essential Services listed in Principle 20 of the European…
The European Commission published a Recommendation on the recognition of qualifications of third- country nationals on 15 November 2023, with the purpose to streamline and speed up recognition processes. These measures would aim to bring the EU’s recognition system closer to the one in place for EU mobile citizens. As acknowledged in various EU instruments,…
SOCIAL EUROPE CONFERENCE 2023 – THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW SRM AND THE POTENTIAL OF SSE FOR A JUST TRANSITION On 28 November, SOLIDAR hosted its Social Europe Conference, an annual event presenting the results of the Social Rights Monitor (SRM), SOLIDAR’s flagship publication on the state of social rights and the civic space in Europe. The…
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