Er hilft nicht, eine zeitgemäße Beschäftigungs- und Sozialpolitik zu entwickeln. ###>The message that now goes out from the Council meeting in Brussels and also from the conferences held under the presidency of the Netherlands is that the creation of more meaningful jobs that actually pay a living wage, the strengthening of social cohesion, and the rational use of the natural world, now take second place to the competitiveness of conglomerates and to the EU’ s ability to compete as a global player.