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Laurette Onkelinx considers European social model must be developed as a matter of priority as a major part of Union's future

Brussels, 16/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Economic and Social Committee, which met in plenary session on 11 and 12 July in Brussels under the presidency of Göke Frerichs, heard the president of the EU Council on Employment and Social Affairs, Laurette Onkelinx, who presented the priorities of the Belgian Presidency on social policy (see EUROPE of 14 June, p.12). The Belgian Presidency's very top priority is "development of the European social model", recalled the Belgian deputy...