EU: the Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee adopted the report on the lessons to learn from the Laval, Viking and Ruffert cases

The MEPs of the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee almost unanimously adopted, on September 22, 2008, the report of the socialist Jan Anderson on the lessons to learn from the Laval, Ruffert and Viking cases. MEPs want the European Commission to revise the directive on posted workers. (Ref. 080716)
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While presiding over the session, Jan Anderson insisted on voting with his fellow MEPs to further demonstrate his commitment to this case. The Swedish MEP thinks that the defense of the Scandinavian system is at stake, since, for the first time, it was questioned by the Court of Justice of the European Communities. His report is categorical: “we mustn’t allow the judgments to have a negative influence over labor market systems which already combine a high level of flexibility and a high level o

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