EU Social Affairs Ministers supported the broad objectives set out by the European Commission for the Action Plan on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights in a first debate at the ‘Employment and Social Policy’ Council (EPSCO) on Monday 15 March. On the other hand, there were differences of opinion on the degree of intervention by the European Union and the ambition of certain objectives.
Thus, as the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council noted at the end of the...