The attack on social Europe posed by the Directive of 65 hours has stopped. The conciliation procedure in the review of Directive management of working time ended yesterday without agreement between the European Parliament and Council. The existing Directive on working hours will continue to apply unchanged. United Left MEP Willy Meyer explained that "there are many who appreciate this fact a failure to progress in Europe. And no lack of reason is a failure to progress in Europe that some people want: European deregulation and cuts in workers 'rights. The improvement of workers' rights has never been on the agenda of the Commission and Council. On the contrary, his proposals have been aimed at dismantling the Directive current working time arrangements, which already provides a very low level of protection of workers. Have gotta stop this proposal for a directive extending the workday to 65 hours is a victory for workers and unions across Europe. "
" If the proposal of the Council and Commission had succeeded, Annualised hours systems Flexible working could have been enacted by simple administrative arrangements - the Member States have even had to ask the national parliaments, "continued Meyer." The passage of the clause "opt-out" would have undermined the power of unions and was over binding collective agreements. "
" The Commission and the Council also failed in their attempt to eliminate the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Communities on the compensatory time in sectors such as health emergency, fire and emergency services. "
Meyer completed supporting demonstrations proposals by European trade unions from 14 to 17 May and said "that the United Left will continue to work to stall the offensive and proposed Directive of 65 hours and the introduction of a 35-hour week
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