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Hungarian Council Presidency laments European Parliament’s refusal to make progress on series of ‘social’ files

Strasbourg, 24/10/2024 (Agence Europe)

At the beginning of the week—notably at a meeting of the Working Party on Social Affairs—the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU reportedly expressed its dissatisfaction with the European Parliament’s unwillingness to work on certain files already on the table, such as the regulation on the coordination of social security systems (883/2004) and European Works Councils (EWCs).

Although the Hungarian Presidency did not wish to comment when contacted by Agence Europe, several...