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Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2014
National level actions can be supported, at the EU level, by measures facilitating
mobility, promoting investment in human capital, notably through the European Social
Fund (ESF), and by the use of appropriate benchmarks.
A wealth of lessons for the future. This year’s Review provides an overview of key employment and social developments
and policy responses that can be drawn upon by the new European Commission in its
deliberations on the future orientations of the Europe 2020 strategy.
The Review recognises that the legacy of the prolonged crisis is continuing to seri-
ously affect the lives of many of the EU’s citizens, and that it has also compounded
many of the structural challenges already facing the Union. However, the evidence
presented in the Review also shows how structural reforms combining employment
and social policies can promote social fairness, enable countries to address both
their social concerns and their competitiveness challenges with reasonable success,
even in the most difficult of circumstances, where there is a commitment to do so.
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National level actions can be supported, at the EU level, by measures facilitating
mobility, promoting investment in human capital, notably through the European Social
Fund (ESF), and by the use of appropriate benchmarks.
A wealth of lessons for the future. This year’s Review provides an overview of key employment and social developments
and policy responses that can be drawn upon by the new European Commission in its
deliberations on the future orientations of the Europe 2020 strategy.
The Review recognises that the legacy of the prolonged crisis is continuing to seri-
ously affect the lives of many of the EU’s citizens, and that it has also compounded
many of the structural challenges already facing the Union. However, the evidence
presented in the Review also shows how structural reforms combining employment
and social policies can promote social fairness, enable countries to address both
their social concerns and their competitiveness challenges with reasonable success,
even in the most difficult of circumstances, where there is a commitment to do so.
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