14/06/2017 (Agence Europe) – With just one day to the Employment and Social Affairs Council (EPSCO) (see other article), the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) once again hammered home its demands on Wednesday 14 June. These demands concern the European pillar of social rights recently presented by the European Commission (see EUROPE 11775). The ETUC is calling for: the adoption of a Social Progress Protocol in any future Treaty change to put social rights on a par with economic rights; a Social Rights Test to improve social rights; the adoption of a Directive on Effective Enforcement of Workers Rights; revision of the European Semester, making sure that the social dimension and social rights are at the core of the European integration process. The European social summit in Götenberg is in the ETUC’s firing line for next November. (PH)