East European delegates debate EU enlargement

national | miscellaneous | news report Thursday October 10, 2002 11:18 by pat c

East European delegates debate EU enlargement Delegates from social partner organisations in eight of the EU applicant countries will discuss the implications of EU integration and enlargement for their members at a meeting in Liberty Hall, Dublin, on Friday, October 11. (This is a SIPTU Press Release & was posted to the NO to Nice list by a SIPTU member who is campaigning for a no vote.)

East European delegates debate EU enlargement
Delegates from social partner organisations in eight of the EU applicant
countries will discuss the implications of EU integration and enlargement
for their members at a meeting in Liberty Hall, Dublin, on Friday, October
11.

The conference will be addressed by delegates from: Latvia, Estonia,
Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovenia as well as
Ireland.

SIPTU General President, Des Geraghty, said "this conference will provide an
opportunity for representatives from Central and Eastern Europe to outline
their hopes and concern for the future of Europe. Those hopes hinge on a
positive outcome in the forthcoming referendum on the Nice Treaty where a
yes vote will be a vote for solidarity with workers everywhere."

ICTU General Secretary David Begg added "if Europe is to establish a fairer
balance between the interests of labour and capital, it will undoubtedly
require a relationship between the social partner organisations in the EU.
So this kind of dialogue is an important first step."

Hosted by SIPTU and part funded by the EU Phare Programme, it is intended
that the conference will help build stronger links between union and
employer bodies in Ireland and those of the applicant countries.

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