Just hours after member states struck a deal on the liberalisation of services, MEPs launched a campaign for an EU law defining, safeguarding and promoting public services, in a bid to prevent attempts to open them up to cross-border competition.
The socialist group - the second biggest in the European Parliament - on Tuesday (30 May) presented a draft EU directive defining "services of general interest" which its leaders are planning to deliver to the commission and council, represe...
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