TRIPARTITE SOCIAL SUMMIT GETS A REVAMP.

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The Tripartite Social Summit will meet "at least twice a year" and "in the presence of the EU Council president"

On 10 March, the Employment and Social Policy Council adopted a decision which revokes Decision 2003/174/EC to take the institutional changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty into account. The social summit was established by Decision 2003/174/EC to provide a high-level forum for discussion. The summit makes it easier for views to be exchanged on employment and social aspects with high-level European social partners in conjunction with the Council. The original decision planned for a meeting "once a...