Employment General Principles
Employment General Principles : The Employment General Principles are the focus of a title on employment inserted into the Treaty of Rome (Articles 125-130) by the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997). The promotion of employment now ranks as one of the EU's objectives and as a matter of common concern. European Union (EU) Member States are encouraged to coordinate their employment strategies in moves to combat high unemployment, although there are no plans for a common employment policy. However, under the terms of the Treaty, the European Council is to conduct an annual review of the state of employment, and the Council of the EU must play a more active role in employment affairs by encouraging the exchange of information in this field between EU Member States. This objective was reinforced at the Luxembourg Jobs Summit, an extraordinary European Council meeting convened in November 1997, where it was decided to develop a strategy on employment built on thematic priorities - the European Employment Strategy (EES) - and described in employment guidelines adopted by the Essen Summit meeting of the European Council (1994). Every year these guidelines have to be translated into national action plans for employment by EU Member States, which are later assessed by the EU Council and the European Commission prior to the publication of a joint employment report. An Employment Committee was established to over See: The coordination of the employment strategies of the Member States. Made up of two representatives of each Member State and two representatives of the European Commission, the Committee's task is to assist the European Council with its responsibilities in these fields. It monitors Member States' employment and labour market policies, promotes their coordination and delivers opinions. In performing its remit it consults the social partners. See: European Employment Strategy (EES)
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