November’s meeting of European leaders dedicated to the problem of unemployment

Date: 04/09/1997

should not be allowed to turn into a “deregulation summit”, Luxembourg Premier Jean-Claude Juncker warned this week. Juncker, speaking to the European Parliament's economic affairs committee, conceded there was a need for a certain amount of labour market flexibility but insisted this should not be achieved at any cost. “We feel that this mindless chase towards excessive deregulation needs to be stopped,” he told MEPs.