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'This is the fourth time that European judges have given their permission for the undermining of employees' rights. And as for those social democrats who think that the Lisbon Treaty, thrown out last week by the Irish, would solve this problem, they are in for a rude awakening.' So said Erik Meijer, Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party, in reaction to yesterday's ruling from the European Court of Justice.

Agnes Kant, SP spokeswoman on health and health care, has announced her candidacy for the parliamentary group leadership. Born in 1967, Kant is an epidemiologist by training and was first elected to parliament in 1998.