SOCIAL AFFAIRS / Social

EU General Court recognises Commission's right not to make social partner agreements binding at European level

Brussels, 28/10/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Ninth Chamber of the General Court of the European Union, in a judgement (Case T-310/18) delivered on Thursday 24 October, considers that the European Commission is entitled, but not obliged, to submit to the EU Council an agreement concluded by the social partners and thus rejects the appeal of the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU).

Following a lengthy demonstration (in particular by examining the history of the writing of that article prior to the Maastricht Treaty),...