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At today's EPSCO Council meeting in Luxembourg (19 October 2026), EU employment ministers are discussing implementation challenges for the European Disability Card and European Parking Card under an agenda item tabled by Italy, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Slovakia. The five countries have raised concerns about QR code colour requirements and cross-border interoperability, arguing that technical specifications must ensure security and accessibility without imposing unnecessary production restrictions. The Directive (EU) 2024/2841, adopted in October 2024, requires all EU member states to transpose the law by 5 June 2027 and have cards operational by June 2028 — but as of June 2026, the European Disability Forum noted that no member state had yet published a draft transposition law, and only 9 had started consultations. The Council is also deliberating the upcoming Quality Jobs Act and conclusions on equality as a driver for economic growth, signalling disability employment remains high on the EU policy agenda.
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Beyond the official unemployment rate, millions more Europeans are outside the labour market. In 2024, Eurostat counted 13.1 million unemployed people in the EU, plus 6.2 million who were available to work but not looking, and 8.0 million young people aged 15–29 who were not in employment, education or training.
IPS has the strongest evidence base of any employment intervention for people with severe mental illness: 28 randomised controlled trials, with meta-analyses finding that people in IPS are about twice as likely to get a competitive job as those in traditional vocational rehabilitation. Trials in Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark show it also works in generous welfare states. Yet European implementation remains uneven.
Employer behaviour is the missing link in disability employment policy. Field experiments show that employers respond less often to applicants who disclose a disability, even when the disability should not affect the job. Fixing this requires understanding what employers actually fear.
NOS Nieuws vandaag, 19:16 Aangepast vandaag, 19:39 De Verenigde Staten hebben [opnieuw](https://nos.nl/artikel/2631854-regering-trump-heeft-plannen-klaar-voor-sancties-tegen-internationaal-strafhof)...
NOS Nieuws gisteren, 20:37 Russische troepen hebben in Oekraïne wijdverbreid seksueel geweld gebruikt tegen burgers en krijgsgevangenen.
NOS Nieuws vandaag, 09:28 Aangepast vandaag, 11:55 De Europese Unie zal snel onafhankelijk moeten worden en zelf voor de veiligheid moeten zorgen.
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NOS Nieuws vandaag, 18:05 De Raad van State heeft geen grote bezwaren tegen de plannen van het kabinet over Schiphol.
NOS Nieuws vandaag, 11:53 Aangepast vandaag, 12:41 Oud-GroenLinks-politica Tara Singh-Varma is op 78-jarige leeftijd overleden, heeft haar pleegdochter Mala Angna laten weten aan de NOS.
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