Politica & Istituzioni
Portugal: New Presidency ready for action
July 1st: the day Portugal takes over the presidency of the EU. What is in store? Social responsibility and employment for all
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Social inclusion, the fight against poverty, in particular child poverty, reconciling work with personal and family life and the implementation of gender-based perspectives in all policy domains, are just some of Portugal? s concerns.
In addition to the intergovernmental conference (IGC) called on to negociate a new EU treaty, the Portuguese Presidency will also push for a ? realistic? approach to legal migration. Fernando Medina, Employment State Secretary, is keen "to include social inclusion alongside tighter border controls, to help solve Europe?s looming job-shortage crisis".
The 10th anniversary of the European Strategy for Employment sounds like an opportunity to focus on one of the pillars of the European model: promoting the creation of more and better jobs. The search for a better balance between flexibility and security in the labour market, known as "flexicurity", provides a new framework for social dialogue together with the Commission? s publication of a new document.
"A stronger Union for a better world" is the ambition of this six-month Presidency which will seek to achieve "concrete progress", according to State Secretay Manuel Lobo, especially on EU?s external relations, with an "EuroMed" Ministerial meeting on migration.
