35It follows from the second paragraph of the preamble to the Framework Agreement, from paragraphs 6 and 8 of the general considerations thereof and from the case-law of the Court that the benefit of stable employment is viewed as a major element in the protection of workers, whereas it is only in certain circumstances that fixed-term employment contracts are liable to respond to the needs of both employers and workers (Mangold, paragraph 64, and Adeneler and Others, paragraph 62).
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