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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8728

18 June 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council/trade unions
John Monks says one must not give way to pressure aimed at weakening Charter of Fundamental Rights

Brussels, 17/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - In a message sent on Thursday to the EU Heads of State and Government meeting at the summit in Brussels, John Monks, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), calls on them "not to give way to pressure from London that seeks to weaken the Charter of Fundamental Rights" (see also EUROPE of 11 June, p.17). A European Constitution without any fundamental rights is a vain and futile Constitution, John Monks said, commenting that,...

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