European Parliament 12 February 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0328/02 by Feleknas Uca (GUE/NGL) to the Council. Middle East conflict.

The structural reforms pursued under the European Employment Strategy (EES) since 1997 have already resulted in better long term performances of European labour markets, as shown by the following facts documented in the Joint Employment Report for 2001: % despite the fact that economic growth has been weaker than in the 1980s, there has been a marked acceleration in job creation; % the Union has