EU ministers call for wage restraint

Report from an informal ECOFIN Council held in Brdo, Slovenia, 4-5 April 2008. Governments, employers and trade unions across the eurozone were warned not to negotiate wage deals that risk pushing inflation to ever higher record levels and punishing the poorest members of society.

Deutsche Welle, 4.4.08: EU Searches for Solutions to Financial Turmoil http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3244749,00.html

Slovenia: EU Presidency: Website: Informal ECOFIN Council, Brdo (Slovenia), 4-5 April 2008 http://www.eu2008.si/en/Meetings_Calendar/Dates/April/0404_ECOFIN.html

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