The Maltese Presidency of the Council of EU’s draft compromise did not obtain the consensus of member states on the revision of the directive of posted workers, during the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the EU (Coreper) on Wednesday 31 May in Brussels.
In addition to the customary opposition of Eastern European states, France and Germany also dug in their heels on this issue.
The text proposed by the Maltese Presidency is close to that of the European Commission proposal,...