Brussels, 09/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - In a communication to the "Social Europe" working group of the European Convention, the European Social Protection Institute (IPSE) stresses the importance of including the Charter of Fundamental Rights into the Treaty. It calls for the European social model to also be included in the treaty (as an "inevitable characteristic" of the EU) as well as the permanent search for convergence with regards social protection. IPSE states that social protection is...