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17.09.2018

With over 141 million cooperators in Europe, the contribution of cooperative enterprises to the EU is undeniable. As support and investment from the European institutions is crucial to the development and visibility of cooperatives not only on the EU level, but worldwide, we interviewed Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska, responsible for Internal Market,...
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12.09.2018

On 12th of September Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, delivered his yearly State of the European Union speech during the plenary session in Strasbourg. The President addressed a number of topics, including the 2019 elections, migration and partnerships with Africa. Cooperatives Europe welcomes the speech and agrees with President...
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31.08.2018

Are you a #CoopStarter? You could be the insipiration to hundreds of new young cooperative entrepreneurs across Europe. What is this for? #ImaCoopStarter is a campaign of CoopStarter 2.0 project which gathers CoopMentors, youth workers, young ambassadors, trainers and EU-wide network representatives to be able to give the young...
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03.05.2018

On 2nd of May, the European Commission published the “New, modern budget for the Union of 27” – the annual budgets from 2021 to 2027 in the form of a package of proposals for the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) post-2020 and new own resources. As key actor of the Social...
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16.03.2018

On 15th March, the Members of the European Parliament approved the Corporate Tax Reforms package encompassing the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB – Rapporteur Alain Lamassoure, EPP, FR) and the Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) which is a complementary measure that creates the basis for a harmonized corporate...
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28.02.2018

On 27th of February the Presidency of Cooperatives Europe met with Jyrki Katainen, the European Commission’s Vice President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, in Brussels. A significant recognition from President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, the meeting follows Cooperatives Europe’s reflection paper titled “A Cooperative Future for...
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09.02.2018

In the framework of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)– the chosen topic of 2018 Cooperatives Europe General Assembly – the 2018 #MyCoopStory competition sought out young people developing activities or contributing through their cooperative to the advancement of SDG 5 – Gender Equality.  Following a Europe-wide search with the support...
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08.12.2017

On the 11th of December, Cooperatives Europe, with President Jean-Louis Bancel, participated to the high-level launch of the first Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) training certificate, hosted by Sciences Po university – School of Public Affairs –  in Paris. The event titled Make It Work in the framework of One Planet Summit,...
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05.12.2017

Cooperatives Europe, together with the iCareCoops project consortium, has released a new “Foundation Guide” – a guidebook to support the creation of innovative older people’s care cooperatives. As Europe is facing an ageing population predicted to double in size over the next 40 years, concerns of poor quality, profit-driven...
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14.11.2017

On 11th of December, Cooperatives Europe released a Cooperative Call to Action on the Future of Europe to unlock the potential for a wider cooperative economy across Europe. A reflection on Juncker’s speech and the work of the European institutions on the White Paper on the Future of Europe,...