IMMIGRATION : EP POSTPONES FORMAL ADOPTION OF SANCTIONS DIRECTIVE.

• Position: European Parliament

MEPs approved, on 4 February, the compromise worked out with the Council on the draft directive sanctioning employers of illegal immigrants, but postponed adoption of the resolution to the plenary session on 18-19 February at the request of the rapporteur, Italian Socialist Claudio Fava. He wishes to have a declaration attached to the text stating that it will still be possible in the future to adopt legislative initiatives on subcontracting(1). The addition still has to be endorsed by the...