Persberichten

On 15 and 16 April, a delegation of MEPs will participate in the High-Level Conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights, organised by the Belgian presidency of the EU.

On Wednesday, MEPs adopted a directive to ensure that new anti-discrimination rules are effectively applied and enforced in the EU.

The Employment and Social Affairs Committee adopted a report aiming to improve social dialogue in the EU by strengthening the role, capacity, and functioning of European Works Councils.

On Tuesday, MEPs endorsed at committee level the provisional agreement on the EU Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.

On Tuesday, the Employment and Social Affairs Committee endorsed a political deal on a new bill aiming to improve the working conditions of platform workers.

On Wednesday, MEPs adopted a resolution outlining their concerns and priorities for the next cycle of economic coordination between member states.

On Tuesday, Parliament gave its consent to the Council decision inviting member states to ratify the International Labour Organisation’s Violence and Harassment Convention.

Negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council agreed that third-country nationals legally residing in the EU should also be eligible for EU disability and parking cards.

MEPs from the Civil Liberties and the Employment and Social Affairs Committees agreed to extend the EU Disability and Parking Cards to third-country nationals legally residing in the EU.

De ministers waren aanwezig in verschillende vergaderingen in parlementaire commissies om de prioriteiten van het Belgische voorzitterschap van de Raad te presenteren.