Extension of the Working Time Directive

25th - 29th January 2010 - Brussels

Proposals to extend the EU's Working Time Directive to self-employed drivers were rejected last September in the employment committee, thanks to the votes of ECR members (the vote was 25-24). Now the socialists in the transport committee are trying to push through the plans there as the committee adopts its 'opinion'. ECR transport coordinator Roberts Zīle and Peter Van Dalen will oppose the extension of the directive to self-employed mobile workers. They already comply with significant amounts of safety legislation and the European Commission has accepted that the plans would bring negligible tangible benefits for significant additional burdens.

Debate: Tuesday @ 15.00

Contact:

ECR enquiries: James Holtum on +32 473 861762
British delegation: Alex Benjamin on +32 476 056450
Polish delegation: Jakub Piasecki on +32 470 504614
Czech delegation: Jan Krelina on +32 493 214346
Dutch delegation: Maurits van Stuijvenberg on +31 6 52 24 44 64