EU: European Commission to launch an initiative on the posting directive within a year

An initiative within a year. “We will not promote worker mobility or economic freedoms when they are used deliberately to downgrade working conditions” declared the Commissioner declared during a conference on posting organized in Oviedo by the Spanish Presidency yesterday (March 17th). Reminding the promise made by Jose Manuel Barroso, recently appointed President of the European Commission (see our dispatch No. 090847), Commissioner Andor said that he intended “to translate that commitment into a proposal, which I will submit to the co-legislators (editor’s note: the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament) within one year — after taking into account the findings of a consultation of all the stakeholders, including the European social partners.”