Brussels, 30/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - The EP Committee on Social Affairs and Employment chaired by Theodorus Bouwman (Greens, NL) has organised a public hearing on facilitating the free movement of persons within the EU with a view to adopting the report by Jean Lambert (Greens, UK) on coordinating social security systems. During the hearing, experts went through the history of social security coordination, including Regulation 1408/71 and the failings that still mar it. In the light of the...