144. Calls on the Commission to consider proposing accession to the European Social Charter, in order effectively to safeguard the social rights of European citizens; calls on the Member States to promote the extension of the social rights in the EU Charter to other social rights mentioned in the revised Social Charter of the Council of Europe such as the right to work, the right to fair remuneration, and the right to be protected from poverty and social exclusion;

142. Calls on the Commission to consider proposing accession to the European Social Charter, in order effectively to safeguard the social rights of European citizens; calls on the Member States to promote the extension of the social rights in the EU Charter to other social rights mentioned in the revised Social Charter of the Council of Europe such as the right to work, the right to fair remuneration, and the right to be protected from poverty and social exclusion;

5. The extension of participation rights to employees of the company resulting from the cross-border merger employed in other Member States, referred to in paragraph 2(b), shall not entail any obligation for Member States which choose to do so to take those employees into account when calculating the size of workforce thresholds giving rise to participation rights under national law.

The other, which is perhaps a bit more arguable, said: ‘the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union should be supplemented with such important binding rights as the right to work, housing, a minimum income, the right to a healthy environment and the voting rights for citizens of third countries who have resided for five years in the Union, as well as the extension of civil rights to immigrants who arrive in Europe in search of a decent life’.

I. an improved definition of European citizenship and enhanced respect for human rights through extension of specific rights for European citizens within the Treaty, the strengthening of fundamental human rights and the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination, and consolidation of those rights concerning citizens which are currently dispersed throughout the Treaty within a single Treaty chapter on European citizenship, and finally through the creation of a full guarantee of legal protection by the European Court of Justice for the bodies of the Union, Member States and citizens. The cultural dimension should be taken into a ...[+++]ccount;

The aim of the organisation is to enforce consumers' rights; to expose infringements affecting consumers; safeguard consumers' interests; raise awareness of consumers' rights; support consumer protection activities carried out by the state and other bodies; to extend consumers' rights, and take steps to make protection more effective.