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The invisible workers
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
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People with disabilities as an invisible workforce potential4
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 10/05/2015
According to the latest EU data, there is still a 26% difference in employment rates for persons with and without disabilities across the EU[1]. This is 30 percentage points lower than the Europe 2020 target of 75%[2] employment for persons with disabilities.
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Pension reform in Croatia: better be safe and sorry0
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 02/04/2019
The newest pension reform in Croatia brought parametric changes into the three-pillar pension system. A specific incentive within the reform – the transfer measure – exposes persistent problems in the Croatian pension system. At some point they need to be tackled with institutional measures which are absent from the current reform package.
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Parody and freedom of expression – who decides what is funny?0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 14/07/2016
Recently, German comedian Jan Boehmermann caused an international scandal when he published a parody song about Erdogan, after which he was sued by the Turkish president. How protected is parody as an act of freedom of expression?
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Pan-European pension schemes – a way to close the pension gap0
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 22/11/2017
The Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) is a Commission-led proposal to close the pension gap in a cost-effective way. Its benefits would eventually spread across multiple fronts: improving the sustainability of pension systems, strengthening the current fiscal and macroeconomic framework, unlocking long-term investment, and contributing to deeper economic integration.
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Outsourcing EU migration management to North Africa is a threat to human rights1
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 06/08/2018
The EU leaders agreed in June 2018 to set up migration centres in Africa. The decision brings more problems than hope that the migration crisis facing Europe would be solved.
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On the way to trade justice in the EU?1
- International Trade, Op-ed
- 07/09/2016
With the political and social challenges currently faced by the EU, as well as the threats of disintegration, it is essential to re-access the existing structures from several angles, namely its trade policy. One of the largest free trade agreements – TTIP is hotly under debate and CETA has been approved by the EU parliament. But should these be the fundamental and primary focus of the EU in this field for a healthy future of the Union and its citizens? Wouldn’t it be more important to, instead of aiming towards big free trade agreements, focus first on how trade is done: its sustainability, development, justice and fairness?
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