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Real Economy
The Gig Economy: flexible freedom or wage slavery?
In partnership with The European Commission
As Spain passes a law classing food delivery riders as employees with full social benefits - we ask should there be EU-wide legislation? And we meet the Barcelona riders - who aren’t all happy.
Real Economy
EU helps struggling Moldova out of COVID-19 crisis, but the cash comes with conditions
In partnership with The European Commission
"Europe will never be a safe and prosperous place until the neighbourhood is also safe and prosperous" - EU Commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi, on the importance of the EU's Macro-Financial Assistance.
World
Will travel be possible this summer with the EU's Digital Green Certificate?
"No, I do not think that Europe is losing the battle of vaccines. I think there is a lot of noise around the European vaccination programme". - Margaritis Schinas, Vice President of the EU Commission, tells all about the Digital Green Certificate, travel and the EU vaccination process.
Real Economy
The race to stop Europe’s young and jobless from becoming a ‘lost generation’
In partnership with The European Commission
The pandemic has caused unemployment to rise throughout Europe. The under 29's have been particularly affected and are now having to compete with the newly unemployed with more experience. We take a look at what the EU is doing to improve employment for young people.
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Helena Dalli gives the latest on what the EU is doing to tackle inequalities
Inequalities throughout the European Union have been highlighted by the pandemic and in many situations, they have been worsened by it too. But these inequalities also existed before. We talk to Helena Dalli, the EU Commissioner for Equality, to discuss what is being done to tackle them.
Smart Regions
This is Europe’s first cross-border mobile hospital
In partnership with the European Commission
The French and Spanish Pyrenees regions get help with medical emergencies from the European project EGALURG. Its self-reliant mobile hospital also brings COVID-19 vaccine relief to rural communities.
Real Economy
Will publishing salaries help gender equality in Europe's workplaces?
In partnership with The European Commission
There's still a pay gap between men and women in Europe. So what's being done to create better parity? Real Economy takes a look at how The European Pillar of Social Rights and its pay transparency directive are influencing EU social policies on gender.
Ocean
Protecting the sea gives glimmer of hope to fish stocks in the Adriatic
In partnership with the European Commission
Fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea have dropped to alarming levels due to decades of overfishing. Coastal states fear an impending collapse of fisheries. But in a protected part of the Adriatic Sea between Croatia and Italy, fish populations are recovering. Is this the solution?
Real Economy
EU's multi-billion pandemic recovery fund gets go-ahead from European Parliament
In partnership with The European Commission
The European Parliament has voted to approve the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility, to get the economy back on its feet whilst paving the way to a green transition. We take a look at a green hydrogen plant in France hoping to take advantage of its funds.
Real Economy
Can the Green Deal help the EU economy through the pandemic?
In partnership with The European Commission
In this edition of Real Economy, we take a look at the European Green Deal and the role of the European Social Fund (ESF) in creating new green jobs and supporting training in green skills.
Smart Regions
Adrinet: an initiative exorcising the Mediterranean's 'ghost nets'
In partnership with the European Commission
Adrinet is a EU Cohesion Policy funded initiative that is helping to remove 'ghost nets' from seabeds in the Meditteranean. Its goal is to protect marine ecosystems and educate about the dangers of plastic pollution in the sea.
Real Economy
The EU scheme making 'SURE' unemployment stays low
In partnership with The European Commission
Government short-time work and furlough schemes across Europe have helped keep people in work and kept unemployment low during the pandemic. Now the EU has created the SURE initiative to provide financial support for these schemes in 18 EU countries.
Smart Regions
This cross-border cycle path links Spain to the Atlantic Pyrenees
In partnership with the European Commission
The bicycle has no borders. That's the essence of Ederbidea, a cross-border cycle path, supported by the European Union's Cohesion Policy that aims to promote cycling, reduce traffic congestion and improve health for all.