Brussels, 05-06/12/2007 1. INTRODUCTION In accordance with Treaty Article 159, every three years the Commission evaluates the status of cohesion policy and the contribution of other Community policies. On 30 May 2007, the Commission adopted the Fourth Report on Cohesion that presents an update on the progress made towards achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion and on the manner in which Member State and Community policies have contributed to it.

Lisbon, 17-18/10/2007 1. The ETUC regrets the unambitious nature of much of the EU Reform Treaty. There was a real opportunity to revive social Europe by extending qualified majority voting and by extending the competences of the Union to control the dark side of globalisation and rampant financial capitalism. What we have instead is a series of modest adjustments to the EU’s framework of rules, which will have only a limited impact on the process of deepening Europe’s capacity to act decisively in the world.

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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, 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, 06-07 June 2006 ETUC resolution on monetary policy, economic recovery, wage and labour market flexibility in the euro area 1. Background. The euro area is finding itself in a challenging economic and social situation: - While business confidence indicators have shown improvement over recent months, the consensus amongst economic forecasters (IMF, Commission, OECD) is that growth will weaken again in 2007 and will remain too modest.

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