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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8979

29 June 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/unions/british presidency
ETUC calls on presidency to prioritise social issues (notably by getting rid of opt-out on working time) and supporting European enlargement project

Brussels, 28/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 28 June in London Tony Blair received a delegation from the European Confederation of Trade Unions (ETUC, led by Secretary General John Monks, who handed Mr Blair the “Trade Union Memorandum for the British presidency of the Council of the EU”. In its memorandum, the ETUC welcomed the fact that the British prime minister in his speech on 23 June to the EP recognised the importance of a social Europe and that it is “determined to fight...

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