29/01/2019 (Agence Europe) – The latest interinstitutional meeting (trilogue) on the Working Conditions Directive – which took place on Monday, 28 January, and lasted late into the night – failed to reach an agreement regarding the scope of the legislative text. In fact, both parties are digging their heels in: the European Parliament wants to include a reference to case law of Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the definition of the term ‘worker’, whereas the Council is opposed to this. Likewise, no agreement could be reached on the threshold of hours worked below which the directive does not apply, although the Council has granted the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU a small margin for negotiation by setting it at 4 hours per week (see EUROPE 12180). The next interinstitutional meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 31 January. (PH)