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tema
| Nov 2017

Employers: EU’s social pillar threatens the Nordic model

Nordic employers fear the EU’s new social pillar could undermine the Nordic model for the labour market. They intend to defend the model tooth-and-nail. That fight will be necessary, predicts a Danish labour market researcher.
debatt
| Nov 2017

Europe takes on social injustice – does the Nordic region show the way?

The social pillar has been missing from Europe’s development. The Gothenburg summit presented a new future. Not everyone enjoys the result, and there are differences of opinion within the Nordic region too. When national interests are at stake, and businesses say no, you get disagreements.
Gothenburg EU summit: “We are taking the Nordic model to Europe" nyhet
| Nov 2017

Gothenburg EU summit: “We are taking the Nordic model to Europe"

The mood was very good as trade unions and voluntary organisations met ahead of the EU summit focusing on the social pillar.
How can the EU’s social pillar be turned into reality? tema
| Nov 2017

How can the EU’s social pillar be turned into reality?

The EU summit in Gothenburg was a success for the Swedish hosts, but what will the social pillar mean for Europe’s citizens?
Norway launches initiative against work-related crime during EU summit tema
| Nov 2017

Norway launches initiative against work-related crime during EU summit

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg seized the moment at the EU summit on social rights. She launched an offensive against work-related crime. Norway offers to work with an EU country to develop a more efficient control system.
The Faroese's tense relationship to the EU tema
| Nov 2017

The Faroese's tense relationship to the EU

50,000 people live in the Faroe Islands. There are 500 people in the EU. But do the Faroese want to be members in the big club and cooperate? The answer is a bit like the wind blowing across the stormy islands – it goes in all directions. Everyone wants closer cooperation, yet what that means depends on who you ask.
The people and trade unions take EU to task over the social pillar tema
| Nov 2017

The people and trade unions take EU to task over the social pillar

With a mix of slogans from the trade union movement, cinnamon rolls and sweets, the Swedish government, led by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, tries to present the EU from a different perspective. During the social summit in Gothenburg the social partners were literally sitting around the same table as prime ministers and EU Commissioners.
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