On Friday 20 January, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (COE), Thorbjørn Jagland, responded to the “European Pillar of Social Rights” project the different European bodies are working on.
According to Mr Jagland, the European Social Charter – promulgated by the COE in 1961 and revised in 1966 – should be formally included in this pillar as a binding instrument.
This opinion is based on the Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and the COE signed in Strasbourg in...