The European Parliament and the Council of the EU met for the first time on Tuesday 10 December to discuss the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) Regulation in the presence of the new Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit.
This was a first contact between the two co-legislators. During this first round table, Parliament rapporteur David Casa (EPP, Malta) insisted that the European Parliament should be able to negotiate all aspects of the ESF+ under co-decision, in...