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Social services under Pressures, and towards a EU recognition.
Social Services of General Interest play a vital role in European society and provide an important contribution to the fulfilment of basic EU objectives such as social, economic and territorial cohesion, a high level of employment, social inclusion and economic growth. However, the EU legal framework which fits the market sector is not totally appropriate with the way social services are organised (such as EU competition law, internal market regulation including EU public procurement regulations, and) and should take into account their specificity according to their above mentioned roles
