Brussels, 19/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - “A major issue is whether we need an EU directive regulating social services of general interest (SSGI) or protecting them against the application of EU rules on competition and state aid”. That was the question at the heart of the work of the forum organised in Lisbon early in the week by the Portuguese EU presidency, under the auspices of the European Parliament. Views on this differed again between the European management (BusinessEurope) and...