Kommissionen lancerer en debat om mere effektiv beslutningstagning inden for EU`s social- og arbejdsmarkedspolitik
(WorldNews Denmark)

Today, the Commission is launching a discussion on how to render decision-making at EU level more efficient in the social field. In his 2018 State of the Union speech, President Juncker announced a comprehensive review of all passerelle clauses provided for by the EU Treaties. As a result, three Communications have already been adopted: on common foreign and security policy (September 2018), on taxation (January 2019) and on energy and climate (April 2019). The Communication on the passerelle clauses in social policy is the fourth one. Most social policy areas, where the EU has powers to act, are already subject to qualified majority voting. This has allowed putting in place a comprehensive...