03/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - Martin Schulz, President of the PES Group at the EP, made a fervent appeal to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, calling on him to raise the renewed social agenda to the position of “top priority”. Why? Because the “EU must show it is able to manage the effects of globalisation, to combat social exclusion and poverty, and protect workers' rights”, Martin Schulz states in a press release. (G.B./transl.jl)