New skills agenda for Europe

NFU News NFU News The European Commission has adopted a new Skills Agenda for Europe. According to the Commission, the aim is to “ensure that people develop a broad set of skills from early on in life and to make the most of Europe’s human capital” and to boost...

Competitiveness pact signed in Finland

NFU News NFU News On June 14, the competitiveness pact was signed after months of negotiating in Finland. The pact will weaken the rights and benefits of Finnish workers, but if the agreement had not been reached the Finnish government were prepared to push for hard...

Brexit and the future of Europe

NFU News NFU News What a way to unwind for summer: Britain is leaving the European Union and making world history in so doing. What will the consequences for European financial markets and economies be? Let us start with seeing when and how the UK actually leaves....

Sanctions on employees – a dangerous trend

NFU Blog 2016-06-24NFU Blog I attend many conferences around Europe on behalf of NFU. So I’ve listened to my fair share of panel discussions, keynotes and speeches during spring. Some of them were very interesting, others missing the point. But what is most...