EU: the Commission is blaming Germany for its restriction to the activity of posted workers from new member States

Observing an extremely finicky attitude - and even almost a breach to the directive on workers' posting - Vladimir Spidla, European Commissioner for employment, social affairs and equal opportunities, is threatening to bring an action against Germany before the Court of Justice on the issue of posted workers. (Ref. 070527)
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“Member States’ control is important, but the provision of service should be carried out without workers being faced with disproportionate obstacles,” judged Vladimir Spidla, on June 13, in Brussels, lamenting on the excessive administrative procedures certain countries impose on posted workers, as well as the lack of cooperation between member States, each usually sticking to their national systems: “If a worker spends two weeks in Germany, followed by ten days in France and a month in Spain,

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