In a decision published yesterday (20 November) the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) found that Sweden violated the revised European Social Charter in several respects. Supported by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), its two Swedish affiliates Landsorganisationen i Sverige (LO) and Tjänstemännens Centralorganisation (TCO) filed a complaint against Sweden criticising the ‘Laval’ legislation, which had been introduced in order to conform to the so-called Laval judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (Court of Justice) (C-341/05 - Laval un Partneri).
The decisions taken at the so-called 'historical' summit on Friday risks to plunge Europe in a Japanese-like recession which is going to have devastating consequences on European social model, writes Pervenche Bères, chairwoman of the European Parliament employment and social affairs committee.
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