The Social Economy Intergroup and the European Commission agree on continuing building an ambitious EU policy for the social economy
On Tuesday 24 October 2017, the bureau of the European Parliament’s Social Economy Intergroup (SEIG) met in Strasbourg with the European Commission VicePresident for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Jyrki Katainen, and with Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, Marianne Thyssen.
Jens Nilsson MEP (S&D, SE), Co-President of the SEIG, thanked Vice-President Katainen and Commissioner Thyssen for their willingness to “define together the milestones of an ambitious EU policy for the social economy”. Moreover, he acknowledged the importance of the work being done by the Commission to support the growth of the social economy, such as the organisation of the European Conference on Social Economy and the Future of Work, that will take place next 16 November in Goteborg, in the framework of the European Social Summit.
