The EU commission has hailed an impressive mobilization with 16,500 responses being delivered during the period of public consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights (c.f. article No. 9539), and 950 separate organizations (two-thirds of which were at national level) taking part. One central idea stands out and that is a call for a more Social Europe. Allan Larsson who was appointed by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker as Special Adviser for the EU Pillar of Social Rights was sent out to meet the various national stakeholders and gather their viewpoints and opinions over the future Social Pillar, returned with an overriding appeal for redistribution. As the ECB President, Mario Draghi echoed, it was important to focus on “the redistribution aspect and to take those who have paid a high price into account.”
EU: the EU Commission finalizes its project for a European Pillar of Social Rights
With the public consultation process having been completed in December 2016, the EU Commission can now finalize its White Paper for a European Pillar of Social Rights due to be published in March 2017. On 23 January the EU Commission organized a high-level conference during which it outlined some of the broad thrusts of this initiative that seeks to reposition and elevate social priorities within the European project as well as driving social convergence upwards. The conference also provided a forum for Europe’s social partners and institutions to review once again all of the proposals. It is also an opportunity for Planet Labor to produce this synthesized report.
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