14/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - At its meeting in Brussels on 9 and 10 October, the executive committee of the European trade Union Confederation (ETUC) forcefully backed the stance of its Irish affiliate, the Irish Congress of Trade unions (ITUC) that clearly came down in favour of a yes vote in the referendum on the nice Treaty. For the executive committee, "enlargement is in the interest of all workers, and the nice Treaty represents the only instrument to achieve it (…). Enlargement will...