The European Parliament has in a first reading adopted the landmark services directive, after MEPs supported amendments in favour of more social protection in the bill.
Most of the amendments were prepared in the compromise text filed jointly ahead of the vote by the two biggest parliamentary groups, the centre-right EPP-ED and the socialist PSE.
Under the approved version, the contentious "country of origin" principle is no longer included in the directive.
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