Brussels, 7-8/12/2006 Postal Services

Brussels, December 2006 On 20 October 2006, the European Commission formally consulted the European social partners on the reconciliation of professional, private and family life. This is the first stage of the consultation process and is one of the follow up measures put forward by the Commission in its recent Communication on Demography, to respond to the demographic challenge which the EU is facing.

Brussels, 07-08 December 2006 1. The need to strengthen the European dimension of collective bargaining: Wages and working conditions under pressure from the European Economic Model

Brussels, 7-8 December 2006

Brussels, 7-8 December 2006 I. Introduction 1. On 4 October 2006, the Commission published a Communication entitled "Global Europe: competing in the world", welcomed by the General Affairs council of 12 November 2006. That text proposes that EU external trade policy be reoriented through a number of initiatives to be given effect late in 2006 and early in 2007. The ETUC wishes to set out in this resolution the position it has already expressed in a press release and at two conferences organised by the Trade Commissioner.

Brussels, 18-19 October 2006 Introduction The European Commission has recently adopted a proposal for a ‘Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (EQF)'. The EQF is designed to create common references to help the Member States, enterprises and citizens to compare the certifications issued by the various European education and training systems.

Brussels, 18-19 October 2006 1. On 26 April 2006, the Commission published its communication “Implementing the Community Lisbon programme: Social services of general interest in the European Union” (COM (2006) 177 final). The communication is a follow-up to the White Paper on Services of General Interest (COM (2004) 374) of 12 May 2004 and the survey that followed.

Brussels, 18-19 October 2006 Introduction 1. With both the Kyoto Protocol and the European CO2 emissions allowance system due to end in 2012, the European Commission has started to reflect on a future EU strategy for tackling climate change. A green paper is expected at the end of the year. 2. In this resolution, ETUC affirms its support for an ambitious European policy to tackle climate change, outlines the principles that must guide a future European strategy and sets priority areas where action is required.

Brussels, October 2006

Brussels, 18/07/2006

Brussels, 14-15/06/2005 {{ {Introductory remarks } }} In its Communication, the European Commission deals with the questions of restructuring and employment and at the same time launches the second phase of consultation of the European social partners on company restructuring and European Works Councils.

Brussels, June 2006 Introduction As expressed in ‘ETUC's vision of Europe’, adopted by the 10th Congress in Prague 2003, the ETUC is committed to Paragraph h on gender equality and should: - (point 16) Demand the inclusion of gender equality among the fundamental values of the EU and its inclusion in the shared competences of the EU;

Brussels, 06-07 June 2006