Interview of Xavier Bertrand, French Minister of Labor and President of the social G20: “the G20 is the time to improve the social dimension of globalization”

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22 September 2011 à 07h57

Updated on 26 September 2011 à 08h53

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f G20 Labor Ministers in Paris on September 26-27, Xavier Bertrand, French Minister of Labor, who will chair this meeting, answered Planet Labor’s questions on his ambition for this “social” G20 meeting. (Ref. 110568)

  • As soon as the French Presidency of the G20 was revealed, Nicolas Sarkozy said he intended to use this in order to lead this structure to better take account of the social dimension of globalization. What makes – or is going to make – this French Presidency different, in soci
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