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EP and unions react strongly to Charlie McCreevy's comments on Swedish collective agreements

Brussels, 14/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - "Charlie McCreevy is an unpredictable person whose arrogant opinions have led to anti-European feelings in Europe", said the president of the Socialist group of the EP, Martin Schulz, on 12 October, at the opening of the plenary session in Brussels, with reference to criticism levelled by the European Commissioner for the Internal Market at Swedish collective agreements, during a visit to Stockholm in early October. He has therefore asked for not only...

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