SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT / Employment

Belgian Presidency of EU Council to submit new compromise to Member States on European Works Councils in hope this will be final one

Brussels, 21/05/24 (Agence Europe)

On 15 May, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU submitted a new draft compromise on the revision of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive, and used a silence procedure to have it adopted.

In a note dated 17 May accompanying this text, the Belgian Presidency asked the national delegations to indicate by e-mail whether this text could be supported and, in the absence of a response from them by midnight on Thursday 23 May, it will deem the text to be accepted within the...