Dans le cadre de ces réflexions, le Comité a envisagé la promotion du travail à temps partiel comme une des possibilités d'améliorer la situation de l'emploi dans l'Union européenne. Il souhaite ainsi soutenir également les efforts du Conseil des ministres du travail, qui, dans sa contribution à la lutte contre le chômage, met lui-aussi l'accent sur la flexibilité du temps de travail et, par là-même, sur le travail à temps partiel.
The Council of Employment Ministers, which was requested by the European Council in Corfu to make its own contribution to combating unemployment in Europe, intends to focus on four main areas: extension of vocational qualifications, introducing flexible working time, combating long- term unemployment and effective use of resources for labour market policy. 2. The improvement of the employment situation in Europe is also the essential concern of the Committee, which concentrated principally on the need to achieve greater flexibility and greater dynamism on the European labour market. In this context the Committee discuss
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