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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9925
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / (eu) eu/european council

Member states say tackling effects of crisis on employment is absolute priority

Brussels, 19/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - At its meeting in Brussels on 18-19 June, the European Council restated the huge importance given to social issues, including the matter of workers' rights. The financial crisis having become an economic crisis which imparted on employment, the EU has been trying for some months to respond to workers' fears for their future. The employment summit in Prague set out definite action to tackle the rise in unemployment and the European Commission presented...

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