The first talks under the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU at a “social questions” working group level on the directive on posted workers that took place on Monday 11 September, were positive overall.
We were informed that the Estonian Presidency’s compromise text (see EUROPE 11858) was deemed a good starting point because it is more balanced than that of the Maltese Presidency. Nonetheless, the member states’ respective positions have so far only slightly changed and...