New EU states face labour shortage - EUbusiness Week no 371

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EUbusiness Week - Issue 371
5 October 2007
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This Week's Top Stories
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1. After roaming caps, EU eyes prices for text messages
2. EU deadlocked over funding for Galileo satnav project
3. Plan for 17 nations to lose seats in Euro-Parliament
4. EU confident of case against Poland over cod quotas
5. EU sees growing risks to eurozone growth
6. Eastern states to join no-borders zone ahead of Xmas

Publisher's Note
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The new EU member states, badly hit by unemployment as they
shifted to a market economy almost two decades ago, now face
labour shortages, according to a study by the World Bank.

Companies which slashed workforces to compete in the EU are
now boosting production and demand for workers. Good news,
except that emigration to western member states has amplified
domestic shortfalls in skilled workers.

The Bank says the answer is to place more restrictions on
early retirement and to open labour markets to foreigners.
Trades unions, however, worried about competition driving
down wages, are likely to be wary of removing constraints
on the labour market.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/1191119522.25

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Nick Prag
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1. After roaming caps, EU eyes prices for text messages
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The European Commission is urging mobile phone operators to
cut their rates for text messages and data or face price
caps like those recently put in place on roaming rates.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Telecoms/1191510134.13

2. EU deadlocked over funding for Galileo satnav project
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The EU failed on Tuesday to break a deadlock over how to fund
the bloc's ambitious but troubled Galileo satellite network
in the face of German opposition to the funding scheme.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Transport/1191338225.84

3. Plan for 17 nations to lose seats in Euro-Parliament
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A European Parliament committee has approved plans to reduce
the overall size of the Parliament and allot fewer seats to
17 of the 27 EU member states in the next legislature.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/1191320234.02

4. EU confident of case against Poland over cod quotas
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The Commission has expressed confidence that it would win
its case should Poland turn to Europe's top court to solve
a dispute over cod fishing quotas in the Baltic Sea.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Fisheries/1191503833.52

5. EU sees growing risks to eurozone growth
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The 13 countries sharing the euro face growing risks to their
economic outlook due to extreme volatility in financial
markets, the Commission said in its latest Quarterly Report
on the Euro Area.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/1191496622.3

6. Eastern states to join no-borders zone ahead of Xmas
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Nine new EU member states, mainly former Soviet bloc nations,
will join the bloc's border-free Schengen zone on December
21, just in time for Christmas.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Transport/1191438133.57

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Inside the EU Institutions
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Euro-Parliament Watch
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Turkey: MEPs changed tack with Turkey Wednesday, preferring
praise to the harsh criticism of the past to try to encourage
Ankara's efforts at EU-oriented reform.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Turkey/1191431831.34
MEPs seek limits on aircraft emissions by 2010
http://www.eubusiness.com/Environ/1191350821.4
European Socialists maintain suspension of Slovak party
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1191516431.39

In committee meetings this week, Budgetary Control Committee
MEPs said there was still room for improvement in preventing
nepotism and protecting whistle-blowers within the Commission
administration; the Petitions Committee stressed that
petitioning is a "fundamental right" that enables European
citizens to participate in monitoring the application of
Community law; and the Climate Change Temporary Committee
heard from representatives of major economies and
international bodies on what should be done after 2012.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Europarl

Council Watch
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Postal services: telecoms ministers gave the green light on
Monday to end state monopolies for delivering letters.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Telecoms/1191244622.34
Legal experts agree EU reform treaty text
http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/1191335521.65
EU cautious on alert system for missing children
http://www.eubusiness.com/Social/1191334629.56
Ministers hope to reach JTI decision in November
http://www.eubusiness.com/Rd/jti.07-10-01
EU mulls Internet clampdown to combat 'terrorism'
http://www.eubusiness.com/Internet/1191252724.42
Seven EU countries unite to fight cocaine trafficking
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1191182522.2
http://www.eubusiness.com/European_Council

Commission Watch
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Myanmar: a crackdown on pro-democracy protestors in ASEAN
member Myanmar does not threaten to derail talks between the
Asian bloc and the EU over a new free-trade pact, a
Commission spokesman said on Tuesday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Trade/1191327428.8
EU nations must debate use of nuclear energy: Barroso
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1191250922.38
EU looks for new ways to close immigration loopholes
http://www.eubusiness.com/Living_in_EU/1191269821.87
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