Asuntos destacados

This briefing provides an overview of the Danish Presidency’s priorities in ECON matters, including the Council’s work relating to the implementation of the European Semester for economic coordination, the application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and other policy streams relevant to the EU single market, notably progress on the Banking Union and the Capital Markets Union.

This briefing discusses the impacts of STRs on access to affordable housing. It reviews the variety of STR regulations and the challenges to their implementation. It highlights the role that EU legislation plays in influencing the regulation of both STRs and the digital platforms that advertise them.

This briefing discusses the reactions of Member States to the CJEU ruling in the Cali Apartments SCI case that recognised combatting the rental housing shortage as a ‘reason relating to the public interest’, justifying proportionate STR measures.

This study examines how structural labour market inequalities affect women’s mental health in the EU. It highlights the gender pay and pension gaps and new forms of work as drivers of poorer well-being among women. The study identifies fragmented policy responses and recommends coordinated, genderresponsive action across labour, health and gender equality domains.

The study introduces the different estimates of the level of error affecting EU expenditure in cohesion policy, explaining how the Commission calculates the estimated ‘risk at payment’ and ‘at closure’, how the European Court of Auditors calculates the ‘estimated level of error’ and how the two methodologies differ.

This study examines EU-Moldova trade and investment ties, shaped by geopolitical tensions like Russian interference and the Transnistria conflict. It analyses key agreements, sectoral dynamics, the impact of the war in Ukraine, and Moldova’s EU accession process and Growth Plan.

The dollar has been the dominant global currency and anchor of the international monetary system for over 80 years. The euro, once a strong contender, has remained second. This paper reviews recent policy developments that have revived debate on global currency dominance, analyses the dollar’s future viability, and explores scenarios and policy gaps for the euro to gain a more prominent international role.

This study for the FEMM Committee gives an overview of how obstetric and gynaecological violence is apprehended in the EU. It identifies issues and challenges, looks at the applicable legal framework, ex-amines ongoing political and legal developments, and gathers national initiatives to improve understanding and prevention of this form of gender-based violence. Finally, it provides policy recommendations.

The performance-based nature of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) means that, compared to cost based instruments, less information is available about the final recipients of the funds. In the RRF, the beneficiary of the funds is the Member State, which distributes the money via its national budget.

To evaluate the EU's policy framework for China, this study for AFET analyses various facets of bilateral relations and the EU's approach towards China, including its policy of de-risking and issues related to China's domestic politics and foreign policy. The study highlights the need for the EU to adopt a coherent vision and a comprehensive, consistent long-term China strategy to guide its actions related to the country and on the world stage. The authors provide specific recommendations.

The study takes stock of the implementation of the regulatory offsetting mechanism known as the ‘one in, one out’ (OIOO) approach by the European Commission. Overall, this mechanism was found to be relevant and useful to address the issue of managing the EU regulatory burden on businesses.

This study provides a comprehensive review of the transport labour market trends in the EU, the challenges and the future prospects that transport workers and undertakings are confronted with, notably for digitalisation, automation and decarbonisation processes: number of jobs, job structure by age, workers’ skills, working conditions, shortage of workers and attractiveness of the occupations. A stakeholder consultation complements the findings of the literature review.