09/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - Commission in hot seat. On Thursday MEPs, unions and NGOs criticised the Commission for its reluctance to make a firm commitment on legislation for the Social Services of General Interest (SSGI). The president of the Committee of the Regions, Mercedes Bresso, stated: “The Commission is guilty of total inaction and clearly overstepping its role, as well as damaging the principle of subsidiarity”. This was at the S&D hearing at the European Parliament on the...