On Monday 26 May, the European Commission finally published its assessment of the mandate of the European Labour Authority (ELA), whose remit is to monitor the free movement of workers and alert the authorities to any abuses of labour law. The assessment had initially been awaited since August 2024.
While it plans to strengthen this agency in 2026, the Commission notes that between 2019 and 2023 - its first five years of existence - the Authority assisted the Member States in 168...