Abbreviations
- ABVV/FGTB
Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond – Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (General Labour Federation of Belgium)
- ACV/CSC
Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond – Confédération des syndicats chrétiens (Confederation of Christian Trade Unions, Belgium)
- AEMH
Association Européenne des Médecins des Hôpitaux (Association of European Hospital Doctors)
- AGS
Annual (Sustainable) Growth Strategy
- AIM
International Association of Mutual Benefit Societies
- AMEPIP
Agenția pentru Monitorizarea și Evaluarea Performanțelor Întreprinderilor Publice (Agency for Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Enterprise Performance in Romania)
- ATAF
Azienda Trasporti dell’Area Fiorentina (former public transport provider in Florence, Italy)
- ATCEUC
Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination
- Attac
Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizens’ Action
- BDA
Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (Federation of German Employers’ Associations)
- BDI
Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (Federation of German Industry)
- BEPGs
Broad Economic Policy Guidelines
- BoP
Balance of payments
- CEE
Central and Eastern Europe
- CEEP
Centre Européen des Entreprises à Participation Publique (European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services and Services of General Interest; until December 2020, then SGI Europe)
- CEOE
Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations)
- CER
Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies
- CGIL
Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (Italian General Confederation of Labour)
- CGT
Confédération Générale du Travail (French General Confederation of Labour)
- CID
Council Implementing Decision
- CIF
Construction Industry Federation (in Ireland)
- CJEU
Court of Justice of the European Union
- ČMKOS
Českomoravská konfederace odborových svazů (Czech Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions)
- CNE
Centrale nationale des employés (Belgian trade union)
- CoE
Council of Europe
- COM
Communication of the European Commission
- CPSU
Civil and Public Services Union (in Ireland)
- CSC
See: ACV/CSC
- CSR
Country-Specific Recommendation
- CT
Constitutional Treaty
- DB
Deutsche Bahn (German railways)
- DE
Germany
- DG
Directorate-General
- DGB
Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (German Trade Union Confederation)
- DG ECFIN
Directorate‑General for Economic and Financial Affairs
- DG EMPL
Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion
- DG ENV
Directorate‑General for Environment
- DG GROW
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship, and SMEs
- DPER
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (in Ireland)
- DRG
Diagnostic-Related Groups
- DWD
Drinking Water Directive
- EAEA
European Arts and Entertainment Alliance (European trade union federation of arts and entertainment workers)
- EAHP
European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
- EAP
Economic Adjustment Programme
- EAPN
European Anti-Poverty Network
- EASA
European Aviation and Safety Agency
- ECA
European Cockpit Association (European federation of pilots’ trade unions)
- ECB
European Central Bank
- ECI
European Citizens’ Initiative
- ECJ
European Court of Justice
- ECMT
European Conference of Ministers of Transport
- ECSC
European Coal and Steel Community
- EC Treaty
Other name for the Treaty establishing the European Community
- EDP
Excessive Deficit Procedure
- EEC
European Economic Community
- EES
European employment strategy
- EFBWW
European Federation of Building and Woodworkers
- EFFAT
European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions
- EFSF
European Financial Stability Facility
- EHIC
European Health Insurance Card
- EMCO
Employment Committee (of the EU)
- EMU
Economic and Monetary Union
- ENPCHSP
European Network against the Privatisation and Commercialisation of Health and Social Protection (the European Network)
- EP
European Parliament
- EPC
Economic Policy Committee
- EPF
European Patients’ Forum
- EPHA
European Public Health Alliance
- EPSU
European Public Service Union
- ERA
European Railway Agency
- ERO
Employment Regulation Orders (in Ireland)
- ESF
European Social Forum
- ESM
European Stability Mechanism
- ETF
European Transport Workers’ Federation
- ETUC
European Trade Union Confederation
- ETUCE
European Trade Union Committee for Education (trade union federation for education)
- ETUI
European Trade Union Institute
- EU
European Union
- Euratom
European Atomic Energy Community
- EUROCOP
European Confederation of Police (trade unions)
- EURORDIS
European Organisation for Rare Diseases
- FDP
Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party, Germany)
- FEMPI
Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Ireland)
- FEMS
Fédération Européenne des Médecins Salariés (European Federation of Salaried Doctors)
- FGTB
See: ABVV/FGTB
- FNV
Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (Confederation of Dutch trade unions)
- FS
Ferrovie dello Stato (Italy’s national railway company)
- GDP
Gross domestic product
- GP
General practitioner (a general medical doctor)
- GUE/NGL
Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (in the European Parliament)
- HOPE
European Hospital and Healthcare Federation
- HOSPEEM
European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association
- HRM
Human resource management
- HQ
Headquarters
- IBEC
Irish Business and Employers Confederation
- IDC
International Dockworkers Council
- IE
Ireland
- IMF
International Monetary Fund
- INMO
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
- ISME
Irish Association for Small and Medium Enterprises
- IT
Italy
- ITF
International Transport Workers’ Federation
- ITUC
International Trade Union Confederation
- KOZ
Konfederácia Odborových Zväzov Slovenskej Republiky (Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic)
- MEDEF
Mouvement des entreprises de France (Movement of the Enterprises of France; French employer federation)
- MEP
Member of the European Parliament
- MFF
Multiannual Financial Framework
- MIP
Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure
- MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
- NEG
New economic governance
- NGO
Non-governmental organisation
- NRRP
National Recovery and Resilience Plan
- NTA
National Transport Authority (in Ireland)
- OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OGBL
Onofhängegen Gewerkschaftsbond Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourgish trade union confederation)
- OMC
Open method of coordination
- OPZZ
Ogólnopolskie Porozumienie Związków Zawodowych (All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions)
- PD
Partito Democratico (Italian centre-left party)
- PHM
People’s Health Movement
- P-MoU
Precautionary Memorandum of Understanding
- PNL
Partidul Național Liberal (National Liberal Party, Romania)
- PPP
Public–private partnership
- PSI
Public Services International (Global federation of public service unions)
- PSO
Public service obligation
- QMV
Qualified majority voting
- REA
Registered Employment Agreements (in Ireland)
- RRF
Recovery and Resilience Facility
- RO
Romania
- SEA
Single European Act
- SGEI
Services of general economic interest
- SGI Europe
Services of General Interest Europe (European employers’ association in the public sector)
- SGP
Stability and Growth Pact
- SME United
European Association of Craft, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- SMP
Single market programme
- SNCF
Société nationale des chemins de fer français (French national railway company)
- SOE
State-owned enterprise
- SPD
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany)
- SUD
Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques (a radical union confederation in France)
- SURE
(EU) Support (scheme) to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency
- SWD
Staff working document of the European Commission
- TEC
Treaty Establishing the European Community
- TEEC
Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community
- TEU
Treaty on European Union
- TFEU
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
- TNC
Transnational corporation
- TUC
Trades Union Congress (British trade union confederation)
- UIL
Unione Italiana del Lavoro (an Italian trade union confederation)
- UITP
Union Internationale des Transports Publics (International Association of Public Transport)
- UK
United Kingdom
- ULC
Unit labour cost
- UNI Europa
European trade union federation of (private sector) service workers’ unions
- US
United States
- USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- ver.di
Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (United Services Union, Germany)
- WFD
Water Framework Directive
- WHO
World Health Organisation
- Younion
Austrian trade union (of municipal, media, education, etc. workers)
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