The way is now paved for a permanent adoption of the recast EWC directive during the Council of Social Ministers on December 17. Indeed, the European Parliament adopted the text developed by the trialogue (see our dispatch No. 080979) today. Although MEPs hardly criticized the content of the text, they nonetheless objected to the method of the French presidency of the EU which, by closely involving the European social partners to the compromise, limited the Parliament's rights. The English version of the text which should be adopted tomorrow is attached to this dispatch. (Ref. 081017)
The MEPs’ adoption of the compromise developed by the trialogue (see our dispatch No. 080979) – the informal body which gathers the sitting presidency of the EU, the European Parliament and the Commission to bring viewpoints closer – allows the Council of Ministers, which will meet tomorrow, December 17, to permanently adopt the recast EWC directive.
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