SOCIAL EUROPE : SOCIAL PLATFORM SETS NINE TESTS FOR THE GERMAN PRESIDENCY.

NGOs in the social sector are counting on the German EU Presidency to prepare the ground for social security reforms which will ensure that 'economic competitiveness, environmental sustainability and social justice are mutually supportive'. The social platform has therefore set nine tests 'for an inclusive policy approach making sure that nobody is left behind'.

"To tackle globalisation and demographic change, the big challenges of today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has to convince her colleagues that Europe needs better social policies, not less social policy, that the EU's jobs and growth' strategy needs to be rebalanced by a strong...