Press Release: London Tripartite Summit to discuss social partners’ contribution to the future of the EU

Preview of an informal Tripartite Social Summit in London, to be attended by EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair along with EU Commissioner Vladimir Špidla, Austrian Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and representatives of the social partners. The meeting was the social partners' final opportunity to provide input into the Heads of Government Summit on the future of the EU's economic and social model at Hampton Court, UK on 27 October 2005.