Genom sin kamp har de arbetande massorna erövrat och befäst avancerade resultat som skydd för sina rättigheter, resultat som samtidigt varit avgörande för demokratins utveckling. ###>It is a bitter surprise to find that there is no specific, explicit reference in this document to those social rights which are, in actual fact, the most important part of the immense democratic process which became established in Europe during the course of the century.