Luxembourg Prime Minister Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, will participate in the conference 'TTIP - What's in it for the Social Partners?' being held in Brussels today.
The conference has been organised by the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union, along with the European Parliament, Commission and Economic and Social Committee. The event brings together the social partners of the 28 EU Member States in order to address issues relating to the negotiations on the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP), a free trade agreement between the EU and the US.
For the first time, the main trade unions and employers' organisations in the 28 Member States have been invited to the conference and will be able to engage in an exchange of views on various aspects of transatlantic trade negotiations and share their expectations, as well as their concerns, about the talks.
The Prime Minister, who along with Minister Asselborn is recently returned from the Valletta Summit on migration, will deliver the opening address, whilst the Foreign Minister will attend the high-level roundtable. Other speakers at the conference will include the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström and President of the European Economic and Social Committee, George Dassis.
Photo by MAEE/Nicolas Gierten (L-R: Luxembourg Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel; Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Minister of Immigration and Asylum of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn)
