Emma O’Driscoll

❗ 18 March 2026 – Tripartite Social Summit #TSS 📝 Check the indicative programme and the press opportunities 👇 link.europa.eu/Bdkvm9

The #EPSCO Council has come to an end. 🎥 The press conference with @CY2026EU Minister Marinos Moushouttas and 🇪🇺 Commissioner @RoxanaMinzatu will start 🔜 link.europa.eu/byqtPX

The @EUCouncil has adopted a recommendation on human capital that will help member states tackle labour and skills shortages across the EU, with a view to boosting competitiveness and resilience. Read more ⬇️ link.europa.eu/R4bWjB

📍Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (Social policy) underway in Brussels. EU Ministers will discuss: 🔸 Investing in children 🔸 Human capital 🔸 Quality jobs and AI 🔸 Breaking the poverty cycle 🔸 European Semester 🔸 Ministerial lunch debate on Housing #EPSCO #SocialPolicy @MMousiouttas @cleapapaellina1

Exit doorstep by #CY2026EU #EPSCO chair Clea Papaellina:

The @EUCouncil has approved conclusions calling on EU countries and the Commission to invest in children, in order to increase their well-being and combat poverty and social exclusion in the EU. Read more 👇 link.europa.eu/6nCCPP

Up next at #EPSCO: a discussion on breaking the #poverty cycle - follow live here: link.europa.eu/xtCbfN #CY2026EU

EU social affairs ministers are about to approve conclusions on investing in children - follow live here👇 link.europa.eu/xtCbfN #CY2026EU

Arrival and doorstep by Clea #HADJISTEPHANOU #PAPAELLINA, Deputy Minister of Social Welfare of #Cyprus @CY2026EU, at the #EPSCO (#SocialPolicy) taking place on 9 March 2026 in #Brussels. newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/events/2026030…

Arrival and doorstep by Marinos #MOUSHOUTTAS, Minister of Labour and Social Insurance of #Cyprus @CY2026EU, at the #EPSCO (#SocialPolicy) taking place on 9 March 2026 in #Brussels. newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/events/2026030…

How did the number of women employed in management roles develop between 2014 and 2024? 👩‍💼 Watch here 🎬 ➡️ link.europa.eu/krpgrD #InternationalWomensDay

Strengthening the protection of women and girls from all forms of gender-based violence, including cyber violence, is a key focus of the #CY2026EU Presidency’s work on gender equality. Our aim 👇 An Autonomous Union of Values that Leaves No One Behind.

On the agenda for today's #EPSCO Council: ✔️investing in children ✔️human capital ✔️#AI and quality jobs Watch the public session from +/-10.10 here 👇 link.europa.eu/xtCbfN #CY2026EU

❗NOW available: background brief ahead of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (Social policy) of 9 March 2026 #EPSCO Read it here 👇 link.europa.eu/3rrdGm

❗3 February 2026 – Informal video conference of ministers responsible for housing #EPSCO 📝 Check the indicative programme and press opportunities 👇 link.europa.eu/tKTqKm

Today at the #EPSCO Council, ministers discussed: 💊 critical medicines act 🚬 novel tobacco and nicotine products Read today’s main results 👇 link.europa.eu/Nhjgck @eu2025dk

🌱 #EPSCO Council has come to an end. 🎥 The press conference on Health with @eu2025dk Minister @sophieloehde and 🇪🇺 Commissioner @OliverVarhelyi will start 🔜 link.europa.eu/RmRMbK

The 🇪🇺Council has agreed its position on a new regulation that seeks to tackle shortages in key medicines by improving the availability and security of supply of critical medicines in the EU. Read our press release 👇 #EPSCO

The second day of the #EPSCO Council will 🔜 start. 🎥 LIVE +/- 10.05: 💊 Critical medicines act 👉 link.europa.eu/Vpy9kM

❗Health ministers are meeting for the second day of the #EPSCO Council. 🎥 Stay tuned for the LIVE doorstep by 🇩🇰 Minister @sophieloehde starting at +/- 08.45: link.europa.eu/dpMGNd