On Tuesday 21 November, the 'employment and social affairs' committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament rejected, by a very large majority (30 votes to 6 and 14 abstentions), the opinion put forward by Paloma López Bermejo (GUE/NGL, Spain) calling for a rejection of the European Commission's proposal on the directive introducing a proportionality review prior to the adoption of new national rules for professional services.
Readers may recall that earlier this year, the Commission presented...