Eurostat: social protection benefits expenditure increased in 2020. +9% in Italy compared with 2019
Eurostat: 2.4% of EU workers suffered at least one work accident in 2020. Italy below EU average for reported accidents
EUROPEAN BORDERS —
Migrants: letter asking the EU to fund walls at borders. Card. Hollerich (COMECE), “right to asylum should be protected and respected”
Society: FAFCE and Fundación Madrina, “family” is “missing ingredient in rural revitalisation”
Eurostat: EU, 3 asylum seekers in 10 are minors. In 2020, 129,000 applications lodged from children mainly from Asia and Africa
DEMOCRACY —
Conference on the Future of Europe: membership of plenary conference extended. Citizens’ panels starting to work in September
“FIT FOR 55” —
Green Deal. Milano: “There is no more time to waste. Will the floods in Northern Europe serve as a lesson?”
di Gigliola Alfaro“We cannot wait until 2030 to meet the sustainable development goals. Cutting emissions by 55% – now cut by only…
Eurostat: COVID-19 crisis led to less work, reduced incomes and higher risk of poverty in 2020
23 CALLS FOR PROPOSALS —
