EU: Parliament calls for tougher regulation of traineeships

Members of the European Parliament are seeking to strengthen the regulatory framework for professional traineeships — those not tied to university courses — beyond what the European Commission proposed in 2024. The Parliament’s Employment Committee adopted its position on 23 September, which must be confirmed by a vote in plenary before negotiations can begin in trilogue talks with the two other co-legislators, the Council of the EU and the Commission. Whereas member states agreed in June to na