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EU leaders and social partners agreed yesterday on the urgent need to stimulate investment and create more jobs in order to meet the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the EU's long-term growth and jobs plan.
During the Tripartite Social Summit, ahead of the European Council, workers' and employers' organisations joined the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, in agreeing on the need to pursue reforms to support a long-term recovery.
László Andor, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, and Giuliano Poletti, Italian Minister of Labour and Social Security, also contributed to the debate.
The Tripartite Social Summit discussed the Commission's recent stock-take of the Europe 2020 strategy and the mid-term review of the European Semester. The talks also focused on promoting a job-rich recovery, namely on ways to foster youth employment, and the social partners’ key role in achieving this, as well as their importance in designing and implementing reforms at European and national level.
The Tripartite Social Summit meets twice a year, ahead of the spring and autumn European Councils. It is an opportunity for an exchange of views between European employer and employee representatives (the social partners), the Commission, EU Heads of State and Government, and Employment Ministers from the countries holding the current and future Council Presidencies.