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| Socialism Can't Compete With Free Markets |
| 2004-11-30 |
| Denis MacShane, Britain's minister for Europe, is one of the nation's most comically reliable Eurocrats. So imagine EURSOC's surprise to read that MacShame has rounded on his old masters, accusing the European Union of trying to punish Britain for having a successful labour market. According to the Financial Times, MacShame told EU ambassadors that, "There is a concerted effort by key players in Brussels on the European Commission, in the Council of Ministers and the European parliament to take Britain in the direction of rigid labour markets... "Some want a made-in-Brussels straitjacket, by imposing bureaucratic inflexibility on the ability of workers and employers to shape working hours that suit individual needs of employees..." Plenty more info in article. Hat tip EURSOC. |
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