Brussels, 27/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament employment and social affairs committee met in Brussels on Tuesday 26 February to discuss the Court of Justice rulings in the Viking and Laval cases. These rulings, which set limits on the right to collective action, provoked lively debate among MEPs and trade union and employers' representatives, with, at the heart of the issue, the concertina-ing of social and economic Europe.
The Court's rulings in the Laval (C-341/05) and...