"autoempleo" in English

We need clarity and certainty on definitions of workers and an end to false self-employment.

The path to self-employment often goes in stages.

The abuse of new forms of employment must also be prevented, along with bogus self-employment and undeclared work.

For this is the best way to encourage self-employment, and rates of self-employment are still too low today.

In addition, the European Progress Microfinance Facility has recently been established to support job creation and self-employment.

The result of the European Union's policy is an increase in under-employment which, in some countries, already stands at over 30 %.

We believe that what we are seeing is – as has already been mentioned – evidence of irregular employment and false claims about self-employment.

We believe that what we are seeing is – as has already been mentioned – evidence of irregular employment and false claims about self-employment.

The pilot project used participants who are self-employed or who want to go self-employed, and they were supported for a year along the path to self-employment.

However, for all of those who want to accept the challenge of self-employment, the resources must be made available to allow them to start or expand their business.

Fourthly, to facilitate sources of funding for small and medium-sized enterprises, removing administrative and bureaucratic obstacles, and making self-employment easier.

In addition, almost EUR 3 billion - 2.77 to be precise - from that allocation goes to supporting self-employment and business start-ups, and the beneficiaries are very often women.

As such, the Commission will undertake measures to support European Social Fund managing authorities and intermediate bodies to step up the promotion of self-employment and micro-enterprises.