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Tuesday, July 6, 2004

The European Commission has announced that it plans to draw up a new social policy agenda in 2005.

Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Aart Jan de Geus and his State Secretary Henk van Hoof want to lay the foundation stones for a new European social policy agenda during the Dutch EU-presidency. This policy agenda should be aimed at getting the so-called Lisbon-Strategy back on track. During the 2000 EU-summit in Lisbon, the European government leaders agreed that the European Union must become the world’s most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy by 2010. Minister De Geus and State Secretary Van Hoof say this ambition can only be fulfilled if the EU succeeds in finding an adequate response to the changing circumstances in the labour market. That is why their motto during the presidency is: A social Europe, responsive to change.

The European Commission has announced that it plans to draw up a new social policy agenda in 2005. During the Dutch EU-presidency, the Minister and his State Secretary want to initiate a dialogue with the other member states about the priorities and dilemmas in connection with the new social policy agenda. The emphasis will not be on setting new aims but rather on making firm agreements about implementing existing policy.

Source The Dutch EU presidency

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