04/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – Some 30 EPP MEPs have written to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in an open letter published on Thursday 4 November, to alert her to the risk that is posed by the application of the Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC to certain professions, in particular to fire fighters and the armed forces. Indeed, in a 2018 judgment, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) equated volunteer firefighters with ordinary workers, thereby making it...