A retrospective of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2024

19 July 2024

The FPS Social Security worked closely with many partners. These include but are not limited to: the Belgian Permanent Representation to the EU, the FPS Employment, the PPS Social Integration, the Institute for Equality between Women and Men, the Social Information and Research Services (SIRS), the Public social security institutions (PSSI), the European institutions, the administrations and governments of the Member States and civil society. With such rich collaboration, it is not possible to list all of them. The results achieved during the Presidency are first and foremost the fruit of this close cooperation and constant coordination.

Belgian priorities

A number of political priorities have been identified as part of our Presidency, including:

  1. Access to social protection ;
  2. Mental health
  3. Social investment;
  4. The gender pension gap;
  5. Artificial intelligence and digitalization;
  6. Coordination of social security systems;
  7. Platform workers;
  8. Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities;
  9. Fair labour mobility;
  10.  The European pillar of social rights.

For six months, the FPS Social Security implemented these political priorities, towards a stronger Social Europe.

Retrospective

We invite you to take a look back at this Presidency through this retrospective.

In the publication below (mobile version here) you will find the major milestones of our Presidency, accompanied by a few words of explanation. You will also find the key events and a document summarizing the results achieved.

 

Paving the road to a stronger social Europe (.pdf)