Wednesday 24 March 2010
14:02 - EUROPEAN UNION: APPEAL FOR A WORK-FREE SUNDAY
(Brussels) – Over 100 MEPs have expressed their support for the conference “Protection of work-free Sunday” which is about to start at the European Parliament with some 350 participants. German MEP Thomas Mann (EPP/CDU), promoter of the conference and vice-president of the Parliamentary Commission for External Affairs, presented today an appeal signed by all parties involved in the event: “The protection of a work-free Sunday – reads the document – is of great importance to the health of workers, for the reconciliation of work and family life and for the life of civil society as a whole. This day of rest contributes to strengthening social cohesion in our societies, a cohesion that is most threatened by the current economic crisis”. The Heads of State or Government who are due to meet tomorrow in Brussels for the Spring Summit are urged to “adamantly resist the increasing economic pressure” and to “commit themselves to protect and promote the work-free Sunday as a pillar of the European social model in their countries’ legislation”. The European Union, for its part, should “effectively strengthen the European social model, as wished for by millions of citizens in Europe”. (continued)
14:02 - EUROPEAN UNION: APPEAL FOR A WORK-FREE SUNDAY
(Brussels) – Over 100 MEPs have expressed their support for the conference “Protection of work-free Sunday” which is about to start at the European Parliament with some 350 participants. German MEP Thomas Mann (EPP/CDU), promoter of the conference and vice-president of the Parliamentary Commission for External Affairs, presented today an appeal signed by all parties involved in the event: “The protection of a work-free Sunday – reads the document – is of great importance to the health of workers, for the reconciliation of work and family life and for the life of civil society as a whole. This day of rest contributes to strengthening social cohesion in our societies, a cohesion that is most threatened by the current economic crisis”. The Heads of State or Government who are due to meet tomorrow in Brussels for the Spring Summit are urged to “adamantly resist the increasing economic pressure” and to “commit themselves to protect and promote the work-free Sunday as a pillar of the European social model in their countries’ legislation”. The European Union, for its part, should “effectively strengthen the European social model, as wished for by millions of citizens in Europe”. (continued)
Other news of the day
(abridged)
15:16 - EUROPEAN UNION: NOLL (KEK), “WITH SUNDAYS OFF, MORE PEOPLE WOULD TURN UP AT WORK”
14:03 - EUROPEAN UNION: APPEAL FOR A WORK-FREE SUNDAY (2)
14:02 - EUROPEAN UNION: APPEAL FOR A WORK-FREE SUNDAY
13:59 - ECONOMY: ANDOR (EU COMMISSION), “REVISING THE EU DIRECTIVE ON WORKING HOURS” (2)
13:51 - ECONOMY: ANDOR (EU COMMISSION), “REVISING THE EU DIRECTIVE ON WORKING HOURS”
11:34 - EU: EURO-ZONE, THE CASE OF GREECE AND THE EU BUDGET ON THE PARLIAMENT’S AGENDA
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