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Commissioners meet with social partners

By Aline Glaudot | 03 May 2013

On 2 May, the College of Commissioners for the first time met with union representatives, employers and professional organisations in order to begin joint reflections on working towards greater fiscal, financial, economic and political integration within the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). As...

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