On Tuesday 24 July, Jana Hainsworth, the President of the Social Platform, a European network of around 50 NGOs that support a more social Europe, drew up a rather unenthusiastic report on the informal social affairs meeting that took place in Vienna last week. The report highlights the fact that the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU and member states appeared disinclined to develop the EU’s social dimension.
In her summary of the informal meeting held on 17 and 18 July last,...