Luxembourg, 06/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Statistical Office of the European Communities, Eurostat, has published a report on social protection in the EU in 1998 in which it describes the evolution of expenditure and funding over the nineties. Data shows:
A. Expenditure on social protection as a percentage of EU15 GDP continued to fall in 1998. Already noted in 1997 (when it reached 28.1% as opposed to 28.6% in 1996), this downward trend (27.7% in 1998) can be found in most Member States,...