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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9546

20 November 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/social affairs
Parliament urges member states to introduce a decent minimum wage to make work pay

Strasbourg, 19/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - By a wide majority (345 to 14 with 2 abstentions), the European Parliament adopted an own initiative report on Thursday 15 November 2007 by Elizabeth Lynne (ALDE, UK) entitled 'Social Reality Stocktaking'. The European Parliament urged the European Commission and member states to pursue 'an ambitious objective of reducing poverty, especially among working people in Europe.' It stresses that 'to make work financially viable, a decent living minimum...

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