Brussels, 10/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - The seminar organised at the initiative of Guy Verhofstadt, who heads the ALDE Group, on the social provisions of the Lisbon Treaty, allowed ALDE MEPs and European social partner representatives as well as civil society to freely discuss the interpretation of the social provisions in the Lisbon Treaty.
Marian Harkin of Ireland called for a “more social Europe” than at present, explaining that the Parliament and Council will employ the provisions of...