The Internal Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein is to be met with protests later today (18 October) during a visit to Berlin.
Demonstrators will protest against a planned directive from his department which would liberalise public services such as health and education.
Opponents of the new law fear that it will cause a lowering of standards in these services across the EU.
According to German press agency reports, Sahra Wagenknecht, a German left wing MEP, said the protest...
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