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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7917

7 March 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 51
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social
Fifteen agree on open coordination method for viable pension systems and adequate employment policies - Stockholm Summit to resume discussion, and Gothenburg Summit to go into greater detail

Brussels, 06/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - At the meeting on 6 March under the chairmanship of Mona Sahlin, the EU employment and social policy ministers held a first exchange of views on the prospect and the safety of pensions in Europe. They all placed emphasis on the economic dimension of the pension systems and hence on the need to cooperate with the Ecofin Council. They felt that the open coordination method must be used in respect of the principle of subsidiarity, and therefore also in...

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