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NATIONAL ACTION PLANS for Employment (NAPS) are required to be drawn up by every Member State: |
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/employment_strategy/national_en.htm |
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION for culture and information (dg10) has had web pages for trade unionists mentioned on these pages before. It is generally aimed at us but the European Review is not sure how exactly as we it doesn't seem very understandable or interesting. Now there is news of the department itself which can be accessed via a revamped Commission page. You can find out here how to publish magazines or organise conferences and get 50% of your costs payed by Europe. The first few pages of the parent site show portraits of the 20 commissioners and brief biographies. Yes, they are mostly men in suits, but could you imagine the DTI, for example, posting up pictures of their political appointees orcivil service heads on the internet ? |
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/education_culture/index_en.htm |
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LABOUR RESEARCH DEPARTMENT has launched a bargaining information service on the net. It is based on the LRD database of collective agreements on pay and conditions, bargaining trends and comparisons. There is information on rates of pay for specific occupations, settlements by regions and industry, and it has the backing of UNISON. To subscribe call 020-7902-9817. For a demonstration of how it works, visit |
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ANOTHER RESOURCE to brighten those branch notices, Union Songs is a link from Cyber Picketline and originates from Australia. Mark Gregory has put together an impressive index of ditties, with lyrics and music sheets, and with the right plug-in you could no doubt hear them too: |
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THE EU'S UK site is a success. It has an online form to order free publications a euro-myth index, including hair nets for fishermen, straight bananas, pong for Europe (it was alleged in 1996 that research was being carried out into the smell of British workers), and more. To quote their 'Press Watch' pages: 'The Sun says "that great British treat, brandy butter, is to be outlawed by order of the EU.....What the heck does it have to do with them ? What we put on our Christmas puddings is our business." '. The Commission replies 'The editor of The Sun can pour paraffin over his Christmas pudding if he wishes. At least UK consumers can now be sure that brandy butter really is what it says on the packet'. 'Press Watch' also caught out The Times which carried a front page story in June which confused the European Court of Human Rights with the European Court of Justice |
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1 Who produces more full-length feature films in a year, Europe or the US?
2 Rank the following countries in descending order, beginning with the country which makes the most movies: Italy, Spain, Germany, France, UK.
3 How often do Europeans, on average, go to the
cinema?
(a) between once and twice a year (b) between twice and three times a
year (c) between three and four times a year ( d) more than four
times a year,
Cold shoulder from Europe's northern outposts |
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The EU is not very popular in the Northern countries, a recent Eurobarometer survey reveals, Researchers polled young people only and discovered three distinct groups overall: sympathisers (38%), positive pragmatists (33%) and sceptics (28%), The simpaticos were mostly young men with left-of-centre leanings, well- educated and usually in employment. Italy, Spain, Holland and France can point to over 80% of their youth being in this category, In Portugal, Greece and Germany, over 60% are either sympathetic or pragmatic. In .Austria, Denmark and the U K, opinion is split down the middle, But in Sweden and Finland the sceptics represented the largest groups, 65% and 55% respectively. |
41% of Europeans think there are not are enough stories about EU affairs in the papers. |
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The percentage of Europeans who 'feel informed' about EMU has risen to 27% - still less than a third. |
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More than half of Europeans are in favour of the single currency.
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