On Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 April, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU should be able to secure the approval of a La Hulpe Declaration on the future of European social policies supported by 26 Member States, as Sweden has refused to support the draft text.
On Friday 12 April, the Member States volunteering to support this declaration of major social principles to be defended during the next European term of office gave their green light under a new silence procedure, even...