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Highlights - Study on Biometric Recognition and Behavioural Detection - Committee on Legal Affairs

10/08/2021

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI and PETI Committees, analyses the use of biometric techniques from an ethical and legal perspective. Biometric techniques raise a number of specific ethical issues, as an individual cannot easily change biometric features, and as these techniques tend to intrude into the human body and ultimately the human self.

Further issues are more generally associated with large-scale surveillance, algorithmic decision making, or profiling. The study analyses different types of biometric techniques and draws conclusions for EU legislation. Please note that the German, French, Spanish, Italian and Polish versions of the Executive summary will be available online shortly.

Highlights - Fighting poverty and social exclusion - including through minimum income schemes - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

11/08/2021





The study pursues two main aims. Firstly, it addresses the issue of poverty and social exclusion from a theoretical perspective – assessing the relevant concepts – and an empirical perspective – discussing the limitations of different indicators and data with reference to EU countries.

Secondly, it focuses on national and EU-level policies dealing with poverty and social exclusion, in particular, on minimum income schemes, presenting 6 country case studies and evaluating the feasibility of an EU minimum income framework.

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Latest news - What's new? - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

11/08/2021

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the President of the European Parliament has established a number of measures to contain the spread of the virus and to safeguard Parliament's core activities. The current precautionary measures do not affect work on legislative priorities.

Core activities are maintained to ensure the smooth running of the institution's legislative, budgetary, and scrutiny functions. The meetings allow for remote participation in a virtual environment.

Following these decisions, the next remote EMPL meeting will take place on:

Wednesday 1 September 2021, 9.00 - 12.00 and 13.45 - 16.15

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Press release - Afghanistan crisis: Safety of Afghan women and girls has to be a fundamental EU priority

16/08/2021

Reacting to rapid developments on the ground in Afghanistan, Evelyn Regner, the Chair of the European Parliament’s committee on women’s rights and gender equality said:
Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

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