Vaxholm case could lead to EU crisis of confidence

A case currently before the European Court of Justice has all of Sweden and much of the rest of the EU on tenterhooks.

Which ever way the court rules is likely to have profound implications for what it means to live and work in Europe.

To summarise, a Latvian company, Laval, was refurbishing a school in Vaxholm outside Stockholm using its own "posted" workers.

The Swedish Building Workers' Union (SBWU) demanded a collective agreement with exactly the same conditions as Swed...