Finnish parliament approves EU stimulus package by wide margin

As the Finnish parliament is set to have the required two-thirds majority to approve the EU’s stimulus package worth €750 million on Wednesday, a Brussels official has reportedly been pressuring Finland to approve the package, claiming that failure to approve…

Half of Finnish citizens consider the EU recovery package as necessary for the bloc’s future, while the others see it as benefiting mostly southern EU states and being unfair to their country, a new poll conducted in the second week…

This briefing provides an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the impact assessment (IA) accompanying the Commission proposal for a directive aimed at strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women, enshrined in Article 119 of the Treaty of Rome. Following two negative opinions of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board and an exceptional third positive one, the IA provides a good problem definition. The IA coherently identifies the problem drivers and makes a compelling case for the consequences should situation remain unchanged. The options retained for assessment seem built around a pre-selected preferred option package. The analysis regarding the impact on SMEs appears to be insufficiently developed while the one on competitiveness is missing. The proposal includes all the measures presented in the IA’s preferred package as well as two extra measures which were suggested, but not explicitly included in the preferred package.

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Hungarian lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation ratifying the EU’s 2021-2027 budget framework and post-pandemic recovery package, with 170 votes in favour and zero votes against. According to the justification of the bill submitted by the finance minister, ratification is a…