EU: the European Commission’s services are working on the revision if the directive on European WC

During a debate in the European Parliament on the theme of the enforcement of workers' rights to information and consultation, which took place on the night of April 25, the Commissioner in charge of social affairs, Vladimir Spidla, declared in front of panel of MPs asking for the revision of the directive on EWCs that nothing was definite but that his services were working on revision axes. (Ref. 070379)
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Several EuroMPs – French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch – explained to the Commissioner Spidla the directive on EWCs’ deficiencies. Thus, for the PSE deputy Stefan Hugues, giving his political group’s opinion, “We have quite a body of information on consultation laws, but the inconsistencies and contradictions between them and the loopholes in them mean that they are often avoided altogether. There is often no attempt at meaningful information or consultation in good time in avoiding o

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