76It should be added, in respect of the overriding reasons in the public interest noted in paragraphs 73 to 75 of this judgment, that, as is apparent from Article 3(3) TEU, the European Union is not only to establish an internal market but is also to work for the sustainable development of Europe, which is based, in particular, on a highly competitive social market economy aiming at full employment and social progress, and it is to promote, inter alia, social protection (see, in respect of the EC Treaty, judgment of 11 December 2007, International Transport Workers’ Federation and Finnish Seamen’s Union , C‑438/05, EU:C:2007:772, paragraph 78).
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