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The right to strike - a fundamental right but not an absolute right, according to the ECJ (Photo: Magnus Fröderberg / norden.org)

Policy-makers grapple with EU's controversial workers law

The EU is still no clearer on how it should balance the freedom of the internal market and workers rights following a series of key judgements in recent years by the bloc's highest court, seen as tipping the scale more towards the protection of economic interests.

A hearing on Wednesday (2 June) on where to go next with a law governing the hiring of foreign workers - the Posting of Workers Directive - saw little agreement between the European Commission, business and trade union represe...

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The right to strike - a fundamental right but not an absolute right, according to the ECJ (Photo: Magnus Fröderberg / norden.org)

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