The European Parliament finally adopted (345 votes in favour, 287 against, 23 abstentions) Guillaume Balas' (S&D, France) negotiating mandate on the regulation on the coordination of social security systems on Tuesday 11 December in Strasbourg.
“The Union of European Progressives has today obtained a majority in favour of my report on European Social Security!", said the rapporteur, congratulating himself. “Today’s vote is a hard hit for the CDU/CSU in the...