login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9300

7 November 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social
France refuses to accept Presidency's compromise on "working time" directive as it stands

Brussels, 06/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - On the eve of the extraordinary meeting of this Tuesday's Employment and Social Affairs Council, which will be given over solely to the revision of the directive on working time (see EUROPE 9299), France's Prime Minister has announced that the country cannot "accept as it stands" (our translation throughout) the proposed compromise put together by the Finnish Presidency. Dominique de Villepin is calling for the "creation of a timetable (...), which is...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT