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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10856
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SOCIAL / (ae) social

Commission abandons working time directive

Brussels, 30/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - In perhaps an admission of powerlessness the European Commission has halted its legislative endeavours on the working time directive. No official decision has yet been made but following the failure of talks between social partners, Laszlo Andor, the commissioner for employment, social affairs and inclusion, admitted on Thursday 30 May that “the time is too short to try anything”.

Although everyone agrees on the need to clarify certain points in...

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