The European Parliament’s co-rapporteurs on the Minimum Wage Directive shared relative optimism that interinstitutional negotiations with the EU Council could be concluded by the end of May, at a meeting of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) on Thursday 28 April.
The two co-rapporteurs, Dennis Radtke (EPP, Germany) and Agnes Jongerius (S&D, Netherlands), acknowledged that there were still major differences on the crux of the Directive (Articles 4, 5 and 6). This was...