{"id":436032,"date":"2025-09-23T17:30:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/09\/23\/direttiva-tirocini-leurocamera-si-prepara-al-braccio-di-ferro-con-i-governi-per-zingaretti-e-una-tappa-storica\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T18:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:08:45","slug":"traineeships-directive-eu-parliament-prepares-for-tug-of-war-with-governments-for-zingaretti-it-is-an-historic-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/09\/23\/traineeships-directive-eu-parliament-prepares-for-tug-of-war-with-governments-for-zingaretti-it-is-an-historic-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Traineeships directive, EU Parliament prepares for tug-of-war with governments. For Zingaretti it is an “historic milestone”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – Traineeships: The EU Parliament shows signs of life. Members of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (<\/strong>EMPL)<\/strong> today (23 September) approved its position on the European Commission’s legislative proposal,<\/span> known as the Traineeships Directive<\/strong>. The green disk received 42 votes in favour, nine votes against, and six abstentions. For the rapporteur, Spanish socialist Alicia Homs Ginel<\/strong>, it is a message to young people that “their work is important and their rights must be protected<\/strong>.” <\/p>\n

Specifically, the crucial points concern the obligation to unequivocally specify in contracts a number of fundamental elements to “prevent abusive practices<\/strong> towards trainees.” These include: the indication of the retribution<\/strong>, the limited<\/strong> duration of the relationship, the tasks envisaged<\/strong> (basic level), and the type of social protection<\/strong> offered. This should “unmask” the employment contracts misrepresented as traineeships<\/strong>, which companies and employers sometimes resort to in order to underpay labour,<\/strong> often young and very young, by demanding complex services<\/strong> without offering any protection whatsoever.<\/span> Mandatory internships<\/b> that are part of study or apprenticeship programs would be excluded from the \u201crestrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The centre-left is particularly jubilant. Nicola Zingaretti<\/strong>, leader of the PD delegation and rapporteur of the dossier for the Culture and Education (CULT) commission, triumphantly hails a “historic milestone<\/strong>” in the direction of ending “the ‘far west’ of internships<\/strong> in Europe.” The former dem secretary claims a clear position on the part of the Strasbourg Chamber, while recognising its nature as a “compromise”: “Internships must not be synonymous with exploitation, but useful tools for training and entry into the world of work,” he concludes.<\/p>\n

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PD MEP Nicola Zingaretti (photo: Sara Minelli via Imagoeconomica)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A “step forward” also for Gaetano Pedull\u00e0<\/strong> (5 Star Movement), with the aim of “really protecting young people<\/strong> in the labour market.” “If today many young people leave Italy<\/strong> to go and look for a secure and better-paid job abroad, it is also because of the poor conditions in the world of work and the norms that reinforce precariousness<\/strong>,” he notes. And he hopes that the Member States will not settle for a “downward compromise that minimises the rights of young people and humiliates their aspirations<\/strong>,” even if so far the signs are were not positive<\/a>. <\/p>\n

From the ranks of the Green-Left Alliance, Benedetta Scuderi<\/strong> claims the transformation of “a bland and non-binding proposal” by the EU executive into “a legislative instrument that can really respond to the expectations and needs<\/strong> of girls and boys entering the world of labour.” The environmentalist MEP, currently
\non the way to Gaza<\/a>, aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla<\/strong><\/em>, emphasises in particular some key elements such as “mandatory remuneration and social protection<\/strong>; written agreements with detailed content; strict limits on duration and renewals<\/strong>; no previous experience required; stronger inclusiveness measures<\/strong>; targeted implementation mechanisms.” <\/p>\n

The Parliament’s position, if finally approved during the next plenary session, will then serve as the basis for interinstitutional negotiations with the Council<\/strong>. The so-called traineeship directive was put on the table <\/a>by the European Commission in March last year, following pressure <\/a>from<\/span> <\/span>the Strasbourg Chamber. However, given the  less-than-enthusiastic <\/a>reactions of small and medium-sized enterprises<\/strong>, negotiations with national governments are likely to prove challenging<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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All that awaits is formal adoption in plenary, then Parliament can start negotiations with the Council. Progressive forces in the House welcome a step forward to reduce precariousness in the world of labour, especially among the very young<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7876,"featured_media":232488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25705,29788],"tags":[28288,32141,32142,29884,30953,27330],"class_list":["post-436032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-diritti-en","tag-benedetta-scuderi-en","tag-commissione-empl-en","tag-gaetano-pedulla-en","tag-directive-internships-en","tag-nicola-zingaretti-en","tag-internships-not-retired-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436033,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436032\/revisions\/436033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}