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4 things to watch for as French PM Bayrou faces first big test in parliament

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Bayrou will lay out how he plans to navigate the same fragmented legislature which brought down his predecessor.

A ‘moratorium’ on job cuts: A workable solution to Europe’s industrial decline?

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The European Trade Union Confederation has called for a Covid-19-style temporary ban on all firings. Businesses disagree.
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Why Spain’s floods were so deadly

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The day his people drowned, Valencia’s president accepted a certificate.

James Cleverly leads Tory pack jostling for worst job in UK politics

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Surge in leadership contest backing for former home secretary comes as defeated party eyes route back to power.

Meloni’s street protest crackdown prompts concerns of growing repression in Italy

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Beefed-up anti-protest laws take aim at climate activists and allow nonviolent protesters to be jailed.

Brace for chaos at Brussels airports

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Disruptions are expected at both Brussels and Charleroi airports due to a strike.

Key US trade union declines to endorse either Harris or Trump

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The powerful labor union is deeply connected to working class voters in the Midwest and other battleground states that could be crucial to the outcome of November’s election.

The French far left has lessons for how to defeat the far right | Sophie Binet

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All over the world, the far right comes to power through an alliance with the right and part of the business communityIn the recent elections in France, the far right loomed on the precipice of power. The only thing that stopped them from winning was t…

Businesses, unions clash on Draghi’s call to cut EU regulations

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Mario Draghi’s call for EU policymakers to reduce companies’ regulatory burden to boost the bloc’s faltering competitiveness was praised by European business groups on Monday (9 September) but criticised by Europe’s largest trade union confederation….

Europe’s new normal: High energy bills, fading industry and one chance to fix it

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German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi on Monday warned the EU may be staring at ‘slow agony.’

Green jobs set to find home away from Europe, head of largest industrial union warns

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While the EU Green Deal came with the promise of new jobs in green industries offsetting job losses elsewhere, these jobs are currently being created outside Europe, warned Judith Kirton-Darling, General Secretary of trade union IndustriAll Europe.

Now you see him, now you don’t: How did Carles Puigdemont pull off his great disappearing act?

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The fugitive separatist leader snuck into Spain, gave a speech in Barcelona and then vanished into thin air.

Labour’s new tribes: 7 gangs to watch in the class of 2024

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Hundreds of the party’s brand-new MPs are finding their feet in the British parliament following its landslide election victory.

Britain’s new power list: 12 people you need to know in the UK Labour government

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer is now in office. These are the people who really matter in his government.

Civil servants obliged to carry out Tory Rwanda deportations, court rules

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Union for civil servants claimed Home Office staff could be open to prosecution if Strasbourg rulings on Rwanda ignored• General election 2024: live newsGuidance drawn up by Conservative ministers which told civil servants to ignore Strasbourg rulings …

London’s neighboring county Essex is turning red

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Essex has demonstrated enduring loyalty to the Conservative Party. But in this July’s election, even this bastion of working-class Toryism looks imperiled.

‘We’ve all got to mobilise against the far right’: inside a French town that voted for Le Pen

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In Soissons, where the National Rally won over 50% of votes in the European elections, there is unease about the snap election“Everyone is in total shock,” said Baptiste Lopata, a radiologist, sitting in his trade union office in the small northern Fre…

Spanish PM hits out at rivals after wife summoned over corruption allegations

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Pedro Sánchez questions timing of court order before European elections and accuses opponents of smear campaignEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has accused his political opponents of trying to undermine his g…

Workers’ safety is part of EU competitiveness story, says IndustriAll chief [Advocacy Lab Content]

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Europe must create high-road debate around competitiveness and improve workers’ conditions rather than just discussing cutting costs, says Judith Kirton-Darling, General Secretary at trade union IndustriAll Europe.

German Chancellor Scholz, unions hit back at calls for longer working hours, pension reform

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On International Workers’ Day, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD/S&D) and trade union representatives have voiced opposition to calls by business leaders and pro-business parties for longer working hours and to increase the retirement age.

Reducing reporting requirements means slashing workers’ protection, trade union chief warns

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Cutting the EU regulatory burden could imply undercutting workers’ protections, Esther Lynch, head of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), warned in an interview with Euractiv.

Will he stay or will he go? 6 things to know about Pedro Sánchez’s threat to resign

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Spain’s prime minister has announced that he’s thinking of giving up running the country.

British politics is hooked on Trump-style begging emails

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Threatening subject lines and big red donor buttons litter Britain’s inboxes — but could the pleas turn genuine supporters off?

Securing works council vote before June elections is imperative, says trade union advisor [Advocacy Lab Content]

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A European Parliament vote in favour of revising the European Works Councils Directive before June is seen as imperative, and as a safety net in the event of a political shift in the European elections, says industriAll Europe head.

Naked photos sent in WhatsApp ‘phishing’ attacks on UK MPs and staff

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At least six men working in the UK Parliament received unsolicited messages — and the exchanges quickly turned sexual.

It’s time to hit Amazon where it really hurts: In its pocket

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The least the public should be able to expect is for the world’s biggest companies to not receive public money without being held to the same standards as a family-run farm.

Long subcontracting chains foster injustice, says ETUC leader [Advocacy Lab Content]

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Long subcontracting chains lock workers out of rights, and lock injustices in, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) General Secretary Esther Lynch said during a debate on abusive subcontracting practices in Europe.

Russia using Serbian agent to infiltrate EU bodies: Western intelligence

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In October 2023, a Serbian national working with Russia’s security agency met with Members of the European Parliament.

EU delivers nothingburger to Uber and Deliveroo workers

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Law to determine whether riders and drivers are employees or contractors falls short of its mark.

Christine Lagarde makes a poor central banker, ECB staff say 

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‘Mario Draghi was there for the ECB while the ECB seems to be there for Christine Lagarde,’ one staff member writes in major survey.

Pressure grows on Ursula von der Leyen to announce run for second term

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Ambassadors peppered the EU executive chief with questions about her plans at a recent lunch.

Nobody wants to work in Britain’s cold, crumbling parliament

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Labour leader Keir Starmer is among those shunning the 19th century Palace of Westminster amid falling masonry, leaky roofs and freezing temperatures.

‘Ramen noodles budget’: EU moves to end exploitation of unpaid internships

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Unless from a wealthy family, internships for many mean chipping away at savings and cutting back on essentials By day, he was mostly an unpaid intern, getting a glimpse of day-to-day life in university research as he networked with potential employers…

How Westminster became Pestminster

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A spate of recent scandals might mean the system is working.

[Interview] Non-EU workers to fill gaps ‘not a plan’, warns union boss

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EUobserver interviewed the general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) to discuss labour migration, staff shortages and working conditions — in views that strongly clash with the EU Commission’s plan to attract more legal migrant…

Ukraine needs a government of national unity

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The period of euphoria propelled by major military victories and territorial advances is over. So, too, is the period of grandiose promises by Ukrainian officials.

How Eva met Francesco: The golden couple at the heart of Europe’s Qatargate scandal

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The love story behind the biggest scandal to ever hit the European Parliament — and the cozy, transactional world in which it took place.

Danish union joins strike action against Tesla by Swedish workers

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Pressure grows on US electric car company to grant collective bargaining rights to employeesDenmark’s largest trade union has joined strike action by Swedish Tesla workers, piling pressure on the US electric car company to agree to collective bargainin…

Elon Musk decries strikes as Swedish workers take on Tesla

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Strike at carmaker prompts sympathy action from dockers, painters and postal workers in fight over Swedish labour modelElon Musk has decried a wave of “insane” strikes focused on Tesla factories in Sweden, as workers target the US electric car manufact…

Debt rules will affect the most vulnerable, EU trade union chief warns

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The new EU rules for national debts and deficits will limit member states’ ability to act on climate change in a socially fair manner, the secretary general of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Esther Lynch, told Euractiv in an interview, …

Commission unveils package to attract migrant workers to EU labour market

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The European Commission put forward a series of voluntary measures to facilitate the employment of third-country nationals in the EU in a bid to boost legal migration pathways and help member states address widespread skills and labour shortages.

Uber and unions face off over EU gig work law

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Workers unions chide Uber over massive lobby campaign on draft EU labor rights bill.

Belgium in race to burn seized cocaine before gangs steal it back

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The country’s drugs commissioner will present a plan to tackle drug-related crimes to Belgium’s National Security Council on Wednesday.

Too many boomers in Brussels? EU goes big on its age problem

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The European Commission is revamping its hiring system to attract more young people to its ranks.

ECB’s display of solidarity with Israel sparks internal furor

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A goodwill gesture has propelled the central bank into a minefield far removed from its expertise and mandate.

Internal EU discontent grows at von der Leyen’s neglect of Palestinian statehood

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Some 800 staffers have written her a letter accusing her of being too partisan toward Israel.

Threat to Norway’s migrant workers after new law faces challenge

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After many years, migrant workers won legal protection from exploitative agencies – but now an Efta ruling puts progress in perilOn a cloudy September afternoon, a string quartet plays the protest song Bella Ciao outside Oslo’s parliament as a trade u…

Trade unions call for review of European Works’ Council Directive

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The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has called on the European Commission to come up with a reviewed directive that would strengthen the power of European Works’ Councils multinational corporations.

Cautious Keir Starmer tiptoes toward power

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Ahead in the polls, the UK Labour leader is resisting calls to spend big.

Europe’s workers face bleak winter as firms ‘profiteer’, says union chief

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Millions ‘holding on with their fingertips’ due to high interest rates, squeezed wages and Covid costs, says the European TUC boss, Esther LynchWorkers across Europe are “holding on with their fingernails” and face a bleak winter ahead, as high interes…

Boris Johnson government ‘always hoped’ Northern Ireland protocol would collapse – as it happened

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Lord Frost, Brexit negotiator for former PM, tells House of Lords that government never wanted ‘unsatisfactory’ protocol to workRayner says Labour will update trade union laws to make them fit for the 21st century.The laws affecting union reps and offi…

Message to President von der Leyen: Europe’s industrial workers can’t wait for next year’s SOTEU [Promoted content]

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European industrial workers, worried about the future of their jobs and communities, need to be reassured of the EU’s support for industry. They are calling for a robust industrial plan for Europe, which is essential for tackling climate change, buildi…

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