CEEP at Informal Troika in Horsens, Denmark  
Press Release 09/2012
Brussels, 24 April 2012 

Member States need to exploit the employment growth potential of public services 

This is the key message delivered by Valeria Ronzitti, Acting General Secretary of CEEP, at the meeting of the European Social Partners with the European Ministers of Employment and Social Security in Horsens today. 

 Brussels, 23 April 2012,
 

On the occasion of a joint europewide meeting of the Young European Federalists and the Union of European Federalists in Leuven starting today the Schengen initiative of France and Germay was taken up with lack of sympathy.

JEF President Pauline Gessant and UEF President Andrew Duff say:

„Migration within and from outside the Union is not an isolated national issue - it affects all European Citizens and thus a joint management should be ensured within the framework of common institutions and mechanisms.“

Speaking ahead of a European Parliament vote on "legal certainty for investments outside the EU", GUE/NGL President Gabi Zimmer called for "respect for the decision of the Government of Argentina to renationalise part of REPSOL-YPF".

"People must be able to exercise their fundamental right to energy. The use of scarce resources must be relocated to serve the peoples' needs in order to fight against poverty and for respect for the environment."

– CEEMET COMMENT ON THE EMPLOYMENT PACKAGE 
CEEMET welcomes the employment package as it acknowledges the necessity to promote enabling conditions for job creation. The European Commission rightly highlights the need for labour market reforms to adapt to longer-term structural transformations affecting Europe's relative competitiveness in the global economy.