Les sociaux-démocrates européens demandent une politique active en faveur de la croissance.

Lors d’un débat en commission des affaires économiques le mardi 7 mai, les eurodéputés sociaux-démocrates allemands et français ont demandé à la Commission européenne et aux Etats membres une action commune. « Les sociaux-démocrates luttent chaque jour ensemble dans toute l’Europe pour éteindre l’incendie de la crise sur le continent » déclareUdo Bullmann, chef de la délégation SPD au Parlement européen. « La Commission européenne et le Conseil doivent prendre une autre voie pour la sortie de crise : la politique des égoïsmes nationaux qu’ils ont menée jusqu’à présent aggrave la crise ».

Sozialdemokraten in Europa drängen Mitgliedstaaten zu aktiver Wachstumspolitik

Die sozialdemokratischen Europaabgeordneten aus Frankreich und Deutschland fordern EU-Kommission und Mitgliedstaaten anlässlich der Aussprache am Dienstag und Mittwoch im Wirtschaftsausschuss zu einem gemeinsamen Handeln auf. "Sozialdemokraten in ganz Europa sind täglich zusammen im Einsatz gegen den Brandherd auf dem Kontinent", sagt der Vorsitzende der SPD-Europaabgeordneten, Udo BULLMANN. 

Dublin MEP, Emer Costello, has welcomed the European Parliament's proposal to extend the scope European Youth Guarantee, to include thousands more unemployed young people.

“The Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has recommended that those eligible for the Youth Guarantee be extended from those under 25 years of age, to those under 30 years of age, which would qualify thousands more Irish people for the scheme.

Dublin Labour MEP Emer Costello has urged the Irish Presidency to prioritise the adoption of the EU draft regulation*, published earlier, to establish a €6 billion 'Youth Employment Initiative' before the end of its term of office on 30 June.

Speaking from this week's European Parliament Plenary Session in Strasbourg, Emer Costello MEP, a member of the European Parliament's Employment Committee said: "The Government has rightly made youth unemployment a key priority of Ireland's EU presidency and has already made good progress on this front, especially in brokering agreement on the European Youth Guarantee in late February. I would now urge it to prioritise the adoption of the new proposal to establish a European Youth Employment Initiative before the end of its term of office in June.

"At last - a glimmer of hope for Britain's lost youth," said Glenis Willmott MEP, Leader of Labour MEPs, on hearing today's news that an EU-wide ‘youth guarantee’ was agreed by government ministers at the Employment and Social Affairs Council (EPSCO). 

S&D Euro MPs today welcomed the EU Council's political agreement on a youth guarantee to be implemented in all member states.

The youth guarantee will ensure that all young people under the age of 25 years receive an offer of good-quality employment, continuing education, apprenticeship or traineeship within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education.

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Dublin Labour MEP, Emer Costello, has welcomed this morning's decision by EU Social Affairs Ministers to establish Youth Guarantee schemes, to be backed up by dedicated EU funds, in Ireland and all Member States.

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The Party of European Socialists (PES) campaign ‘your future is my future’ has been fighting since its launch to ensure that the appropriate funding is allocated to the implementation of youth guarantees.

Following the huge efforts of Social Democratic and Socialist Prime Ministers, the European Council during a meeting on 8th February, it was decided to include €6 billion  in the Multiannual Financial Framework (EU budget) for youth guarantees.

A delegation of MEPs from the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), visited Ballymun this week as part of a two day official visit, during which they also held a series of meetings with Ministers, members of the Dáil, Government departments and NGOs.

CDU/CSU-Abgeordnete im Europaparlament stimmen gegen Jugendgarantie

 Knapp die Hälfte der CDU/CSU-Abgeordneten im Europaparlament haben bei der Abstimmung über die Jugendgarantie im Europaparlament am Mittwoch gegen das dringend notwendige Angebot für die jungen Menschen in Europa gestimmt.