Rudolf
11th July 2015, 12:52
David Cameron is to make an opt-out from EU employment social protection laws such as the working time directive (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/nov/21/working-time-directive-lisbon-treaty) and the agency workers’ directive one of his goals in his negotiations with Europe, according to reportsfrom Conservative political sources in Brussels.
If the prime minister achieves the demand as part of his renegotiation with his EU partners (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/22/david-cameron-jean-claude-juncker-chequers-eu-reform-talks), it would be a body blow to efforts to persuade trade unions to support British membership of the EU on his new terms. Cameron has pledged to hold a referendum on those renegotiated terms by 2017 (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/04/cameron-early-referendum-britain-eu-membership).
No reference to renegotiation of the employment law was included in the list of British proposals reported by EU diplomats in a memo listing Cameron’s demands leaked to the Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/26/david-cameron-eu-campaign-risky-impact-uk-exit) a fortnight ago.
No 10 would only say: “This is just more of the speculation we said there would be during the negotiation.
“The prime minister has set out the four priority areas for reform and made clear that cutting back on unnecessary EU regulation is part of making Europe more competitive. As the prime minister has said before, Europe (http://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news) if necessary, national when possible.”
A demand for Britain to be excluded from employment laws restoring the opt-outs negotiated by John Major and then abandoned by Tony Blair in 1997 would be a high-risk political move, since it would enhance the risk of a large no vote putting Britain’s entire relationship with the EU at risk.
Pro-Europe businesses would have to calculate whether the enhanced risk of a defeat in the referendum would be worth the prize of achieving the opt-outs.
The GMB and Unite unions have explicitly said they would challenge any attempt to opt out of UK social employment laws, including the agency workers directive (http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/sep/02/agency-workers-paid-less-tuc).
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...-renegotiation (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/11/david-cameron-employment-law-opt-out-eu-membership-renegotiation)
The dickheads. Obviously Cameron's looking to offer a nice treat to the bourgie for them to support continued EU membership.
I wonder if the EU accepts these concessions. Hopefully they reject it 'cause i don't think the labour movement in the UK atm is capable of defending these.
If the prime minister achieves the demand as part of his renegotiation with his EU partners (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/22/david-cameron-jean-claude-juncker-chequers-eu-reform-talks), it would be a body blow to efforts to persuade trade unions to support British membership of the EU on his new terms. Cameron has pledged to hold a referendum on those renegotiated terms by 2017 (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/04/cameron-early-referendum-britain-eu-membership).
No reference to renegotiation of the employment law was included in the list of British proposals reported by EU diplomats in a memo listing Cameron’s demands leaked to the Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/26/david-cameron-eu-campaign-risky-impact-uk-exit) a fortnight ago.
No 10 would only say: “This is just more of the speculation we said there would be during the negotiation.
“The prime minister has set out the four priority areas for reform and made clear that cutting back on unnecessary EU regulation is part of making Europe more competitive. As the prime minister has said before, Europe (http://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news) if necessary, national when possible.”
A demand for Britain to be excluded from employment laws restoring the opt-outs negotiated by John Major and then abandoned by Tony Blair in 1997 would be a high-risk political move, since it would enhance the risk of a large no vote putting Britain’s entire relationship with the EU at risk.
Pro-Europe businesses would have to calculate whether the enhanced risk of a defeat in the referendum would be worth the prize of achieving the opt-outs.
The GMB and Unite unions have explicitly said they would challenge any attempt to opt out of UK social employment laws, including the agency workers directive (http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/sep/02/agency-workers-paid-less-tuc).
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...-renegotiation (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/11/david-cameron-employment-law-opt-out-eu-membership-renegotiation)
The dickheads. Obviously Cameron's looking to offer a nice treat to the bourgie for them to support continued EU membership.
I wonder if the EU accepts these concessions. Hopefully they reject it 'cause i don't think the labour movement in the UK atm is capable of defending these.