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Coronavirus : la protection sociale en Europe, un vaccin contre la récession

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courrierinternational.com - NYT (07.03.2020) Alors que partout dans le monde, l’épidémie de Covid-19 est à l’origine d’un ralentissement économique, le Vieux Continent pourrait être moins durement frappé, avance le New York Times. La raison ? La générosité des systèmes de protection sociale qui amortiront le choc.

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Europe
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Italy faces existential threat over low birthrate, president warns

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euractiv.com (12.02.2020) Italy’s future is threatened by its diminishing birthrate, President Sergio Mattarella said on Tuesday (11 February), as new data showed the population had shrunk once again in 2019.

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italy
Global challenges
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Children
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Cash for babies: How Europe is tackling its falling birthrate

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World Economic Forum (27.02.2020) Europe is the continent with the oldest population. This is creating problems for healthcare and pensions. But some countries are taking action to encourage more people to have children.

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Europe
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Children

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Ireland: The State pension 'mess': Can we afford to roll back on the pension age?

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thejournal.ie (22.01.2020) The pension age increase has been a long time coming, and has caught the government and the media off-guard in how it’s led the election debate this week.

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ireland
Global challenges
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Pensions
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Canada: Télémédecine privée: une brèche dans le système public?

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lapresse.ca (17.02.2020) Consulter un médecin par vidéo, à quelques heures de préavis. Des centaines de milliers de Canadiens ont désormais accès à ces services alors que les régimes d’assurances médicales de groupe couvrent de plus en plus la télémédecine privée. Une nouvelle brèche dans le système de santé public ?

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canada
Global challenges
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Medical care
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Welfare surveillance system violates human rights, Dutch court rules

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The Guardian (05.02.2020) A Dutch court has ordered the immediate halt of an automated surveillance system for detecting welfare fraud because it violates human rights, in a judgment likely to resonate well beyond the Netherlands.

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netherlands
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Philippines: Lawmakers call for passage of 'gig economy' measures

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businessmirror.com.ph (13.02.2020) AS the country’s so-called gig economy industry continues to rise, lawmakers are pushing for measures to protect freelance workers by establishing a basic regulatory framework to enable them to anticipate challenges ahead.

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philippines, the
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Labour market
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