On Wednesday 27 March, Member State representatives expressed a number of reservations about the language of the draft La Hulpe Declaration, which will be adopted on 15 and 16 April in La Hulpe at a high-level conference on the European pillar of social rights (see EUROPE B13379A12).
According to a diplomatic source, several delegations felt that the text was too prescriptive and detailed, and expressed difficulties in terms of respect for national competences and their social model....