Commission presents the European Pillar of Social Rights
The European Commission presents the European Pillar of Social Rights and launches a reflection on the social dimension of Europe by 2025.
Strengthening Europe social dimension is a key priority of President Juncker Commission, also confirmed by the Rome Declaration, adopted by EU leaders on 25 March 2017.
The Pillar sets out 20 key principles and rights to support fair and well-functioning labour markets and welfare systems and it is accompanied by a number of concrete legislative and non-legislative initiatives. It is presented both as a Commission Recommendation and as a proposal for a joint proclamation by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission.
In parallel, the reflection paper on the social dimension of Europe is the first in a series of thematic papers, announced in the White paper of the future of Europe .
The reflection paper starts a reflection process with citizens, social partners, the European institutions and governments, that seeks to identify responses to our societies' challenges and to clarify the contribution of the EU level in addressing these challenges.
List of documents
- Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU (COM(2017)253)
- Proposal for a Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights (COM/2017/0251 final)
- COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights (COM/2017/0250 final)
- COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Report of the public consultation Accompanying the document COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights (SWD/2017/0206 final)
- COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights (SWD/2017/0201 final)
- COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Social Scoreboard Accompanying the document COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights (SWD/2017/0200 final)
Summaries of EU legislation
- Equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
- EU countries’ employment policies: guidelines
- Free movement of workers
- Non-discrimination and equal opportunities in the European Union
- Eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development
- Organisation of working time
- EU general rules on employee information and consultation
- Tackling the pay gap between men and women
- Self-employment — equal treatment between men and women
- Protection of young people at work
- Education and skills agenda for young people
- Managing collective retirement schemes: occupational pension funds
- Self-employment — equal treatment between men and women
- Seafarers’ working time
- Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Towards more socially inclusive growth in the EU
Glossary terms of the summaries of EU legislation
- Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Equality between women and men
- Equal opportunities
- Non-discrimination (the principle of)