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Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee in the Gas Sector - Working Group 2/2024 Brussels Belgium

Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee in the Gas Sector - Working Group 2/2024

Utilities, Environment/Climate Change, Economic Policy

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Apr. 03, 2024

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EPSU urges vote against EU’s new fiscal rules

EPSU has joined the ETUC and other trade union and civil society organisations in rejecting new EU rules on public finance that threaten a return to austerity.

Apr. 03, 2024

on the European Commission Recommendation for a 2040 emissions reduction target

Quality public services are essential to achieving EU decarbonisation targets

EPSU has published its position on the Commission’s new 2040 climate targets.

Mar. 14, 2024

EPSU Standing Committee on Utilities, 5 March 2024, Brussels

Towards a just transition: 60th EPSU Utilities standing committee

The committee discussed, amongst others, strategies to address the energy crisis, related green and social challenges and EU climate target for 2040.

Nov. 22, 2023

Joint statement EPR scheme

EPSU: “Don’t water down the polluter-pays principle”

EPSU has signed a joint statement on the polluter-pays principle for the Wastewater Treatment Directive.

Oct. 30, 2023

People over polluters rally, 25 October 2023, Brussels

People over polluters rally organised by the Fossil Free Politics coalition

The Fossil Free Politics coalition launched its People over Polluters declaration at a rally in Brussels in front of the European Commission.

Oct. 30, 2023

EPSU Standing Committee on Public Utilities 4 October 2023, Brussels

Decarbonization, European Parliament elections and energy transition updates at the Utilities Standing Committee

The 59th meeting of the Standing Committee on Utilities took place on 4 October.

Sep. 26, 2023

EU Blue Deal — a plan for the future of our water.

EPSU joins EU Blue Deal event to advocate for Right to Water

Amid growing concerns about water scarcity and the urgent need for sustainable water management, EPSU participated in a recent event titled ‘EU Blue Deal — a plan for the future of our water.’

Jul. 20, 2023

Right to Water and the EU Blue Deal in the European Economic and Social Committee

Due to climate change, people in Europe experience more and more severe heatwaves, flooding, and scarcity issues.

Apr. 27, 2023

Health care

Will EU’s new fiscal rules hinder urgent action on staffing crises?

Public service federation EPSU is concerned that the proposed reform of the European Union’s fiscal rules, published yesterday, might undermine national action to address the widespread staffing shortages across a broad range of public services in Europe – in health and social care, the justice system, childcare, tax administrations, utilities and more.

Mar. 30, 2023

EPSU Waste management in Europe report March 2023

International Day of Zero Waste: Europe needs a social and cultural transformation

The transition towards a circular economy is a flagship policy of the EU’s Green Deal – but it cannot be achieved without quality jobs based on collective bargaining.

Mar. 15, 2023

EU Electricity market EPSU web banner

Proposed reform is a band-aid for a failing electricity market

The European Commission’s newly published draft proposal to reform the EU’s electricity market design delivers only superficial changes to the current electricity market design.

Feb. 14, 2023

Exit ECT

Energy Charter Treaty: time to move from reform to exit

The European Commission says that an EU exit from the Energy Charter Treaty seems “unavoidable”, recommending a joint EU withdrawal.

Nov. 24, 2022

Energy

European energy ministers cannot waste more time

Europe’s energy ministers are gathering in Brussels on Thursday, 24 November for an Extraordinary Council to discuss the ongoing energy crisis.

Jul. 29, 2022

a right to energy and just transition more urgent than ever

EU agrees to cut gas consumption - a right to energy and just transition more urgent than ever

European Union energy ministers agreed to commit to cut national gas consumption in an extraordinary council session held on Tuesday, 26 July.

Jul. 13, 2022

Energy Charter Treaty

Energy Charter Treaty reform: it’s time to rewrite the rules

24 years on from its legal enforcement and 14 negotiation rounds, the little-known Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is a representation of an outdated era of fossil fuel protection.