Brussels, 29/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - On the day Spain was in the grip of a 24-hour general strike in protest against labour market reform, on Thursday 29 March, in Brussels the European social partners presented their work programme for the period from 2012 to 2014. The main points of this programme were set out at the tripartite social summit on the sidelines of the European Council on 1 March (see EUROPE 10565).
To address what they refer to as the “worst crisis” the EU has faced at...