Brussels, 05/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions has been awarded the status of European social partner by the European Commission, as laid out in Article 138 of the EC Treaty thanks to its representativeness in the field of central public administration, announced Helmut Mullers, CESI General Secretary, at a meeting of the CESI's Executive Board in Brussels on 4 October. Mullers said he viewed this step as a political breakthrough for CESI:...