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To counteract these trends, an active labour market policy has been adopted, including the introduction of partial social security benefits and other tools to increase the so-called flexicurity of the labour market.
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- The PPE-DE Group is strongly supportive of the principle of flexicurity, and of helping employees as well as employers adapt to the challenges of globalisation.
We regret that the proposals we made have been rejected, including our opposition to the inclusion of the principles of flexicurity in the framework of the Lisbon Strategy, the review of the Employment Guidelines for the period 2008-2010 and the National Reform Plans, and the use of Community funds to finance attacks on workers' rights.
Worker and employers in countries running a flexicurity set of labor market policies, for example, involving low firing costs and high unemployment benefit replacement rates will have low incentives to take up a work sharing scheme unless it is heavily financed by the public budget.
The Danish system of "flexicurity" appears to offer the best of both worlds: dynamic labour markets and low unemployment coupled with generous support for those who lose their jobs.Denmark has a long history of weak job protection.
Specifically, it is argued that the success of flexicurity may in turn reflect the degree of trust between firms and workers and between citizens and their governments.
Mr. Rasmussen called elections late last month, aiming to profit from a strong economy and the star power of "flexicurity," the name given to the Danish model of a strong welfare state combined with easy hiring and firing.
- (FR) A fundamentally important amendment to the report by Ole Christensen on common principles of flexicurity has unfortunately been rejected by the majority of the European Parliament, and I have therefore voted against the report.
Above all, the past few months have looked good for the European concept of "flexicurity".
The Danish system of flexicurity puts too much emphasis on security and not enough on flexibility.
If you have ever found yourself wondering the exact meaning of flexicurity or how Switzerland, Norway and Iceland work and trade with the bloc, this is probably the vacation for you.
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