Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, 8 July 2019

Summary:

A meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council was held on 8 July 2019. On this occasion, ministers focused on employment and social policy. The agenda includes the following items:

• Policy debate on the Economy of wellbeing, based on a steering note from the Council Presidency and an OECD background paper;
• Adoption of relevant country-specific recommendations (CSRs), in the framework of the annual European Semester cycle;
• Adoption of Decision on guidelines for the employment policies (EGLs) of the Member States;
• Debate on the employment and social policy aspects of the 'Clean planet for all' strategy', based on a steering note from the Council Presidency;
• Briefing on international developments in employment and social policies.

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