The interpreters of the European Parliament - 259 staff members and more than 2,000 freelancers - began a strike movement at 2:00p.m. on Tuesday 5 June, which may seriously disrupt the work of the plenary session to start on Monday 11 June, if the dispute with Parliament's administration is not resolved by then.
The strike started with announcements, at the start and end of all parliamentary working sessions, to inform the MEPs and general public of the action. Up to the end of this week,...