INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (BERLIN) : SOCIAL ADDENDUM TO NEW CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY PROVING DIFFICULT.

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The discussion about a social Europe' seems to have begun. During the informal meeting of ministers for employment and social affairs in Berlin from 18 to 20 January, Franz Muntefering clarified the view held by the German EU Presidency on the subject, thereby responding to the wishes of the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the Socialist candidate for the presidential elections in France, Segolene Royal, to have workers' rights included in the EU's new Constitutional...