EU: European Parliament calls for a directive on just transition

On 20 January, MEPs approved, with 420 votes in favour, an own-initiative report calling for a just transition directive. The text calls for the protection of workers to be guaranteed in the context of the ecological transition and the digitalisation of the economy. The Parliament welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to include the issue in the consultation of the social partners it launched in December with a view to a directive on quality jobs. It calls for the creation of an individ