The president of the European Commission has said his internal market commissioner was misunderstood when earlier this month he appeared to challenge a key part of Sweden's social model.
Jose Manuel Barroso said that Brussels did not intend to punish Sweden for violating EU labour rules, after Swedish trade unions blocked a Latvian construction company from working in the country.
The Latvian company, Laval un Partneri, had refused to take part in the country's collective wage agr...
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