By the end of the week, the Member States will submit further comments on the revision of the European Works Councils (EWC) Directive, after which the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council will decide whether to convene a new working group or refer the matter to Coreper.
On Monday 29 April, the Member States discussed the latest Presidency compromise on the subject (see EUROPE B13400A4) and no blocking minority was observed. But some delegations remain fairly critical, according to one...