SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Social

European Pillar of Social Rights adopted but not without certain member states speaking up one last time

Brussels, 23/10/2017 (Agence Europe)

At the opening of the Employment and Social Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday 23 October, the EU ministers responsible for employment and social affairs gave the go-ahead for the adoption of the inter-institutional proclamation on the European pillar of social rights.  This proclamation will take place at the Gothenburg Social Summit

Last April, in addition to a number of initiatives, the European Commission presented a European pillar of social rights, which needed to be adopted by...