Negotiations between the European Parliament and the EU Council on the regulation on the coordination of social security systems could resume as early as the beginning of February, according to information obtained on Friday 15 and Monday 19 January.
The aim would be to have an interinstitutional agreement as soon as possible. One source mentions that this agreement could be reached before the next Employment and Social Policy Council (EPSCO), scheduled for 15 March.
To this end, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU intends to obtain a new negotiating mandate on the regulation on the coordination of social security systems in order to have a clear position and make progress in the negotiations. With that, the Portuguese strategy would contrast with the one adopted by the German Presidency, which had consulted the delegations on specific points without seeking to renew the EU Council’s negotiating mandate (see EUROPE 12587/19).
Interinstitutional negotiations had failed last December, stumbling over the issue of prior notification before the worker was posted (see EUROPE 12618/24). (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)