The trade union confederation, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions ICTU, told an EU Parliamentary inquiry into the operations of the mission in Eurozone programme countries that the Troika mission repeatedly violated core European Union principles of solidarity and social dialogue. According to the ICTU the Troika was ideologically blind; while there were regular meetings with the ICTU - the largest civil society body on the island – there was no dialogue.
English: http://www.ictu.ie/press/2014/01/17/troika-openly-violated-core-eu-principles ...
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