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Is civil society “the problem” in the negotiations of trade agreements?

Last week Viviane Reding MEP presented to the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee the draft report on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). Among others, she stressed that states’ and public authorities’ right to regulate needs to be protected and ensured in the negotiations. She called on the exclusion of public services, namely water, social, […]

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A small step for the Commission, a giant step backwards for women

Read our article on the Parliament Magazine (published July 18, 2014) 24cialisitalia.com On July 15 the Commission announced to the Parliament that they will withdraw their proposal for an improved Maternity leave Directive because it has not made progress in two years (REFIT Communication, p 10). This action goes against the political will of the […]

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A small step for the Commission, a giant step backwards for women

Read our article on the Parliament Magazine (published July 18, 2014) On July 15 the Commission announced to the Parliament that they will withdraw their proposal for an improved Maternity leave Directive because it has not made progress in two years (REFIT Communication, p 10). This action goes against the political will of the Italian […]

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Task force on civil dialogue

Date: May 14 Time: 9:30-12:00 Registration: on Doodle by May 06 The aim of the taskforce is to agree on the aim of our advocacy campaign on the importance of Civil Dialogue at EU level and importance of sustainable funding for European CSOs (these two objectives were agreed at the meeting held Feb 06). The […]

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