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Interview with Klaus Heeger, secretary-general, CESI

“We need to put the staff at the heart of public service reforms”

By Sophie Mosca | 15 May 2013

Public services are supposed to function as airbags to cushion economic crises but they have been given a rough time since 2008. They were the first sectors affected by budget cuts, job cuts and massive reorganisations. For trade unions, this resulted in a definite step back in social dialogue. The...

Public procurement and concessions : Latest three-way talks show convergence on in-house concept - 07/05/2013

Concessions directive : Presidency confident of agreement - 02/05/2013

Public procurement directives : No hint of compromise during first three-way talks - 19/04/2013

Concessions directive : No major obstacles during first three-way talks - 18/04/2013

Public procurement : UEAPME spells out SMEs’ priorities - 26/02/2013

Public procurement/Concessions : Barnier and Juvin deny any intention to privatise water - 22/02/2013

Public procurement : MEPs present their vision of concessions directive - 06/02/2013

Public procurement : Utilities: MEPs call for more flexible procedures - 24/01/2013

Internal market : Debate in Parliament on concessions directive calming down - 10/01/2013

Public procurement : MEPs want more flexible procedures and binding rules - 23/01/2013

Competitiveness Council : Public procurement: Council agrees general approach - 12/12/2012

Competitiveness Council : Patent, public procurement and customs on agenda - 07/12/2012

Interview with Xavier Besançon, secretary-general, Forum européen des Entreprises générales : “Freedom of commerce and industry will be killed” - 05/12/2012

Public procurement : Private operators concerned about derogations from in-house rule - 06/12/2012

Public procurement/State aid : EESC pushes for e-procurement - 16/11/2012

Public procurement : Commission consults on e-invoicing - 13/11/2012

Concessions directive : Battle looming among MEPs over excluded sectors - 08/11/2012

Public procurement : Barnier denies plans to privatise social security - 19/10/2012

Public procurement implementation review - 11/10/2012

Defence procurement : Exec refers four member states to ECJ - 27/09/2012

Public procurement directives : Number of amendements makes compromise difficult in EP - 18/09/2012

Concessions : Juvin recommends “lighter” and clearer directive - 07/09/2012

Interview with Catarina Segersten-Larsson, CoR’s rapporteur on public procurement : “We support the directive’s objectives, but some measures bring more complexity” - 27/06/2012

Public procurement : CoR disapointed with Commission’s proposals - 25/06/2012

Public procurement : Concessions directive: Commission seeks allies - 04/06/2012

Public procurement : MEPs seek more clarity in Tarabella report - 01/06/2012

Competitiveness Council : Public procurement: Ministers emphasise need for digitisation - 31/05/2012

Interview with MEP Marc Tarabella (S&D, Belgium) : Public procurement: Criteria should meet sustainability objectives - 22/05/2012

Public procurement : EP rapporteur: Commission draft “too weak on social aspects” - 15/05/2012

Service concessions : Court condemns Italian law on allocation criteria - 11/05/2012

Public procurement : Call for tenders may not impose ecolabel, court rules - 10/05/2012

Defence contracts: Reasoned opinion sent to UK - 26/04/2012

Services of general economic interest : Commission adopts ‘light’ de minimis regulation - 25/04/2012

Public procurement : Commission pushes e-procurement - 20/04/2012

Public procurement : Court clarifies role of contracting authority - 29/03/2012

International public procurement : Commission proposes regulation imposing greater reciprocity - 21/03/2012

Interview with MEP Philippe Juvin (EPP, France) : “The concessions directive is necessary because there is no common definition” - 20/03/2012

A contrasted economic reality - 02/04/2012

Directive to rationalise and promote use of concessions - 20/03/2012

Open Forum : Paradoxical draft directive: Concession undermined by ‘in house’ - 20/03/2012

Commission faces harmonisation challenge - 20/03/2012

Public procurement : Strategy for general use of e-procurement by 2016 - 08/03/2012

Public procurement : Lukewarm welcome at Council for Commission proposals - 20/02/2012

State aid : SSGI actors want follow-up of EU texts - 03/02/2012

Public procurement : Agenda for Council debate on directive taking shape - 18/01/2012

Cartels/Abuse of dominant position : Proceedings opened in water sector in France - 18/01/2012

Public services package : Commission could have done better, say stakeholders - 21/12/2011

Public services : Barroso communication leaves open questions - 21/12/2011

Open Forum : Concessions and public contracts: A real opening? - 09/01/2012

Public procurement : First directive on public services concessions - 20/12/2011

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