On Thursday 15 November, the European Parliament adopted by a relatively comfortable majority (398 votes in favour, 208 against, 13 abstentions) the negotiating mandate of Enrique Calvet Chambon (ALDE, Spain) on the directive establishing transparent and predictable working conditions.
"This directive must exist", the rapporteur vehemently launched ahead of the vote. According to him, the decision, voted by the ECR and a large part of the EPP (see EUROPE 12137), to put his mandate to...