“Improving working conditions in personal services is a key objective for the Commission”said László Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.

A reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% below the 1990 level, an EU-wide binding target for renewable energy of at least 27%, renewed ambitions for energy efficiency policies, a new governance system and a set of new indicators to ensure a competitive and secure energy system.

The group’s broad composition, with fourteen members of different perspectives and with different expertise to offer, will be an important instrument in this process.

European Commission joins forces with companies to deliver over 250,000 extra training courses and thousands of new digital jobs.

The national level competition starts now, and in May the country winners will be selected to compete at international level. Participants’ ultimate aim is to win a Grand Jury Prize in Naples in October

In the first nine months of 2013, compared with the first nine months of 2012, EU28 exports to Russia fell slightly from 91 bn euro to 90 bn, and imports decreased from 159 bn to 156 bn

The euro area indicator has surpassed its long-term average of -13.3 for the first time since July 2011.

The European Union is failing to respond effectively to the problem of illegal drug use and the spread of ‘new psychoactive substances’1, states an EESC opinion voted on 21 January.

The EESC has dedicated yet another opinion to combating the shadow economy and undeclared work.

European Union faces increase in poverty due to fragile economic situation, even though unemployment is gradually reducing.