During European social partners' presentation (see our story No. 070857) of their "joint analysis of the labour market’s challenges", John Monks, for the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and Ernest-Antoine Sellière for BusinessEurope, did not hide the fact that talks were tough within every organization. Attached to this article, you will find the document presented during the tripartite social summit which took place before Lisbon's European Council and which, as far as the Portuguese Prime Minister who is currently the chair of the EU Council, José Socrates, is concerned, represents a "new life for European social dialogue". (Ref. 070867)
During the press conference which followed European social partners’ presentation of their “joint analysis of the labour market’s challenges”, which includes a joint diagnosis of the European labour market’s characteristics and challenges and offers a series of recommendations, John Monks, ETUC general secretary, recognized that “debates were rather vivid” within his organization, even though “a large majority adopted the text”. Ernest- Antoine Sellière, leader of the employers’ organization Bu
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