Presentation of the congress by the ETUC:
“During the period since our last Congress the political, economical and social context has changed enormously. We left the last Congress with the Constitutional Treaty at a standstill. European leaders managed to agree on the Lisbon Treaty marking the end of a difficult period for the EU, particularly from the institutional point of view. The legally binding character granted to the Charter on Fundamental Rights represents a major step forward. However, certain decisions of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) [Laval case (Vaxholm), Viking case, Rüffert case and Luxembourg case] have reinforced the superiority of economic freedoms over fundamental social rights.”
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