Memo: Employment and Social Affairs Ministers to meet in Luxembourg on 2 October 2008

Employment and social affairs issues will be discussed in Council on 2 October under the presidency of Xavier Bertrand, French Minister of Employment, Social Relations, Family and Solidarity. The European Commission will be represented by Vladimír Špidla, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. The main points on the agenda are anti-discrimination, flexicurity, European Works Councils, social security for migrant workers, and the designation of 2010 as the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion.