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Date: July 9, 2020 Germany in the EU

...On 1 July 2020, Germany took over the Presidency of the Council of the EU. To mark this occasion, Eurostat published an infographics on Germany in the EU....

Date: December 17, 2020 Germany hands over Presidency to Portugal

The CWPS Presidency was formally handed over to the Portuguese team on 16 December 2020.

Date: July 1, 2020 Off we go! – Germany takes over the EU Council Presidency

The 1st of July marks the start of the German Council Presidency. During this time, Destatis will chair the Council Working Party on Statistics (CWPS).

Date: June 17, 2020 Handover of the EU Council Presidency from Croatia to Germany

...On 17 June 2020, Croatia officially passed on the baton for the EU Council Presidency in the field of statistics to Germany....

Date: November 12, 2020 Lessons Learned from COVID-19 – Short-term Data Requirements for Long-term Decision-making

On 27 November 2020, the digital conference ended with a panel discussion. The panel looked at the impact of the pandemic on economics and finance in the EU. The experts discussed how users of official statistics see the data situation in the crisis …

Press release No. 246 of 1 July 2020 Reliable data for Europe: German EU Council Presidency begins

...Today, Germany is taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) for a period of six months. Represented by its President Dr. Georg Thiel, the Federal Statistical Office will chair the meetings of the Council Working Party on Statistics on behalf of the Federal Government during this period. ...

Date: October 1, 2018 Poor children in rich countries: why we need policy action (OECD)

On average across the OECD, almost one child in seven lives in income poverty – defined as living on a disposable income that is at most half the national median.

Stable, full-time parental employment is central to efforts to protect children from …

Date: October 27, 2020 Combatting COVID-19’s effect on children (OECD)

The COVID-19 pandemic is harming health, social and material well-being of children worldwide, with the poorest children, including homeless children and children in detention, hit hardest. School closures, social distancing and confinement increase …