Event jointly organised by AK EUROPA and ÖGB Europabüro on 29 September 2021:
 

Reform of Fiscal Rules – Lessons learnt?
 

Input for the Webinar by Achim Truger
(University of Duisburg-Essen & German Council of Economic Experts)

Subsidies from third countries to companies active in the EU are increasingly leading to serious distortion of competition on the EU single market. The aim of fair competition on the single market is therefore undermined by foreign subsidies to the benefiting companies, making the playing field unlevel. European companies and workers are suffering the effects.

The Brussels Office of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (AK EUROPA), the Brussels Office of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB Europabüro) and the European Tax Observatory would like to cordially invite you to our joint webinar "Effective Minimum Tax implementation in the EU: What alternatives to unanimity".

For the EU, combating climate change is one of the most important policy objectives. The state aid system contributes to achieving the ambitious energy and climate targets by 2030 and 2050 respectively. As this phase-out of fossil fuels strongly impacts society and economy it is necessary to consider the macroeconomic effects in detail. A fair competition is the prerequisite for ensuring a just distribution because climate and energy transition is not primarily a technical issue, but above all a social challenge.

A study, commissioned by AK EUROPA and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), deals with the involvement of social actors in the RRF. At an online event on 7 September 2021, the authors of the study presented their findings for the first time. The study concludes that, even though social actors are involved in the RRF process, their participation is running the risk of not having a substantial impact.

The digital arms race has already begun. Countries worldwide are actively investing to ensure that their industries are able to compete successfully on a global basis.

As a consequence of the major social transformation, digitalisation and decarbonisation, an active and strategic reorientation of European economic and industrial policy is necessary to meet the economic and social challenges associated with the transformation.
 

Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Council decided to provide unprecedented financial support to member states to help them with the economic fall-out of the pandemic. The creation of a temporary institutional structure – the RRF – to support member states with loans and grants was agreed to in July 2020 and was formally established in February 2021. To access the RRF funds, member states need to submit detailed National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs).

The Brussels Office of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (AK EUROPA) and the Brussels Office of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB Europabüro) would like to cordially invite you to our joint webinar Reform of Fiscal Rules – Lessons learnt?

AK EUROPA, the Brussels Office of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour, ÖGB Europabüro, the Brussels Office of the Austrian Trade Union Federation, ETUI, the European Trade Union Institute and OSE, the European Social Observatory, would like to cordially invite you to our joint webinar "The Recovery and Resilience Facility: have social actors been sidelined?"