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The European Commission has adopted the so-called Monti II regulation in response to the issues arising from the Viking and Laval European Court of Justice rulings. Trade unions had hoped that the regulation would provide a counterbalance towards social rights in the internal market in relation to the economic freedoms that took priority in the Viking and Laval cases. The regulation has been widely criticised by national confederations with LO Sweden arguing that it contravenes ILO conventions by allowing the European Court of Justice to decide whether industrial action is justified in a particular case.
Read more at > ETUC (EN)
And in French at > CES
And at > LO Sweden (EN)
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