In his opening speech at the Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation on Tuesday 21 May, Luca Visentini, the Secretary General of the trade union organisation, thanked the current President of the European Commission for putting the social issue back on the European policy agenda.
"Thank you Jean-Claude, because you have shown that Europe can be a force for social progress", said the Secretary General during his speech, who once again tackles his predecessor and "the wasted...