their stand in preparation for the conciliation phase between the European Parliament and the Council of EU Ministers on the working time directive, last phase of the legal process. Whereas, within the Council, governments are talking about the mandate to give the Czech Presidency to bargain with the Parliament, the European Commission has just given an opinion on the amendments adopted by the MEPs. Its position is pragmatic: focus the compromise efforts on the inactive on-call time period, fundamental for national governments, but maintain the opt-out via individual consent to the maximum 48-hour weekly limit.
EU: the European Commission focus its compromise efforts on working time directive on on-call time
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