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Closing Europe’s skills gap: Employers back skills portability, provided it stays simple 

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skills portability

From gap to growth: Employers call for coordinated action to unlock women’s economic potential 

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gender equality from gap to growth

New EEI study: A general EU right to training has no Treaty basis

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right to training

Irish Presidency programme: simplification must also deliver for social policy

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Irish presidency

Employers and workers speak with one voice: Ceemet, ECEG and industriAll Europe set out red lines for Occupational Pension Funds Directive (IORP II) revision

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IORP II

Ceemet, the European employers’ organisation representing the interests of the Metal, Engineering & Technology-based industries:

Represents
200 000
companies
Provides
19M
direct and
40M
indirect jobs

*in the EU 16M direct & 35M indirect 


Is a recognised
EU social
partner

Latest publications

Ceemet Economic Outlook 2023 & 2024

The business outlook has been characterised by a period of severe instability, and it is…

For a more competitive industry in a stronger Europe: a Ceemet perspective

On Thursday 7 September 2023, the employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based (MET) industries,…

Chief Economists Report 2023: A resilient industry confronted with multiple challenges

On 11 May 2023, in advance of the presentation of the European Semester Spring Package,…

Chief Economists Report 2022

We are living through turbulent times for the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based (MET) sector. After…

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Figure of the month

NOVEMBER
30-45 billion euros

estimated short-term cost increase with introduction of two subcontractor tier limitation (Acc. Swedish Entreprise)

Latest position papers

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On 2 October 2026, Ceemet participated in the final Bridges 5.0 Final Conference held in Brussels and focused on upscaling Industry with a particular focus on skills development.

On 29 September 2026, Ceemet, together with other European and national employer organisations, brought together policymakers, social partners, industry representatives and experts for the seminar “From Gap to Growth: Advancing women’s economic activity”.

Today, the Council has adopted the regulation revising the EU rules on the coordination of national social security systems.

The revision covers five key areas, and most notably for Ceemet member MET sector employers, the applicable legislation for posted workers and people...

Ahead of @Europarl_EN plenary vote on the INL report “Psychosocial risks, stress & mental health at work”, European employers call on MEPs to reject the legislative annex & any other reference to the introduction of a new 🇪🇺 legislation and remove its most problematic provisions.

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