In Strasbourg on Wednesday 28 February, MEPs condemned the persistence of accidents in the workplace, some of them fatal, and called on the EU to redouble its efforts to prevent deaths at work.
The elected representatives were reacting to the tragic events of 16 February in Florence, Italy, when five workers were killed on a supermarket construction site.
During their debate with the European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, who was replacing Commissioner Nicolas Schmit, the elected...