Brussels, 09/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - The Council of the EU's agreement on 20 June last on the draft directive to improve the portability of supplementary pensions is perhaps a good proposal but it is far from ideal, in the opinion expressed on Monday 8 July by the European Parliament rapporteur, Ria Oomen-Ruijten (EPP, Netherlands). She criticised member states for having limited its scope to Europeans who decide to work in another member state but ignoring cross-border workers.
The new...