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EU leaders agree to protect Europe's social model

EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Tuesday have agreed on a carefully worded compromise concerning the controversial proposal to liberalise the services market.

To appease both supporters and detractors of the directive, the wording of the conclusions at the end of the summit on Wednesday is to say that while the EU supports a complete opening of the market in services, the European Social model has to be protected.

Luxembourg Prime Minister and current head of the EU, Jean-Claude ...

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