
Social pillar Action Plan—longer on aspiration
The Action Plan shows ambition on poverty, employment and training. But the concrete measures are not (yet) up to the task.
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Lukas Hochscheidt is a research assistant in the Department of European and International Trade Union Policy at the German Trade Union Confederation.

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