EU : toward political agreement on June 9 on working time and temporary work draft directives

A last negotiating meeting is scheduled before the council of ministers that is to be held on June 9-10. However, the last meeting revealed a genuine consensus on the proposals presented by the Slovene presidency so that the analysis hereunder should more or less be the same in content as in the texts submitted to the ministers. 
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garding work time, the possibility of individual opt-out up to a maximum limit of 48 hours per week is retained, but it is submitted to new obligations and rules. This article details the content of the directive proposals which will be discussed by the European ministers on June 9. (Ref. 080445)

A last negotiating meeting is scheduled before the council of ministers that is to be held on June 9-10. However, the last meeting revealed a genuine consensus on the proposals presented by the Slovene

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