On Wednesday 11 July, the Austrian Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, Beate Hartinger-Klein, provided assurances to MEPs on the employment and social affairs committee (EMPL) that the Austrian Presidency of the Council would make the regulation setting up the European Employment Authority one of its priorities during its mandate.
Some of those at the European Parliament were surprised by this point, as pointed out by the Austrian MEP Monika Vana (Greens/EFA), because the European...