On Wednesday 31 August in Brussels, the Slovak Minister for Employment, Jan Richter, outlined the Slovak Presidency of the Council’s priorities to the European Parliament Employment and Social Affairs Committee. He immediately pointed out that they should not expect a political agreement at the Council of the EU on the question of posted workers to be reached by the end of the year.
On a number of occasions, Richter was asked by MEPs about the legislative proposal for revising the 1996...