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Although European labour markets continued to recover in 2007, employment rates across Europe are still a long way short of the targets the EU set itself via the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs in 2000. Workers aged over 55 continue to face the greatest difficulties, new data reveals.
LinksDossier: Growth and Jobs: Relaunch of the Lisbon strategy
Dealing with the financial crisis and rising fuel and food prices will be the main economic priorities of the French Presidency, France's Economy and Finance Minister Christine Lagarde told MEPs yesterday (15 July).
LinksDossier: The French EU Presidency
Heads of state and government agreed at the March 2005 Summit to revise the EU's Stability and Growth Pact reform. (read more)
'Flat tax' is a recurring issue in the new member states these days, and calls for tax cuts and simplification are also coming from elsewhere in Europe. (read more)
In accordance with the provisions of the Maastricht Treaty, all new members of the EU are eligible to join the European single currency, the euro. (read more)
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