Although the EU member states will be moving towards a general approach during the next Employment and Social Council (EPSCO), they did not succeed in agreeing on a number of points in the chapter on the social benefits and the regulation focusing on the coordination of social security systems (regulation 883/2004) during the meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the EU (COREPER) on Wednesday 13 June.
Several national delegations are concerned about the reduction to three...