A majority of MEPs gave a lukewarm reception to the outcome of the Porto Social Summit presented by the European Commission and the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council, during an exchange in plenary session on Wednesday 9 June (see EUROPE B12716A3).
The most enthusiastic MEPs were from the S&D group, from which the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, comes, and from the Renew Europe group.
The Social Summit is an important signal to speed up the...