Relaunched by the Portuguese presidency (see our article No. 070880), the discussions about the draft directive on temp work were subject to a turn of events during the negotiation session on November 13. On the experts' opinion, the political situation has never been as favourable to carry this bill which was buried since 2004. Consequently, the text is maintained on the agenda of the day of the coming Employment Ministers' Council on December 5. Thence, the future French EU presidency, which is getting ready to take up its' post in July 2008, might inherit... (Ref. 070935)
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Turn of events indeed, since Germany abandoned its long-standing ally, Great Britain, and Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia left the blockade minority camp they represented with the British, the Irish and the Maltese. This turnaround now places Britain in the minority camps and deprives it of the power to block the directive’s adoption.

The bill is on the Ministers Council’s agenda. The first consequence of this negotiation session is that the directive bill will be on the agenda for the c

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