AFPThe EU risks breaking up unless it overhauls a controversial rule allowing firms to send temporary workers from low-wage countries to richer nations without paying their local social charges, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday. "This will lead to the dismantling of the European Union" if there is no reform agreement at a Brussels summit in October, he added after holding talks with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. AFPHe is seeking to drum up support for revamping the rule at a European Union summit in Brussels on October 19-20. In doing so, firms do not have to make contributions to the host country's health and welfare systems -- something that critics call "social dumping." Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico acknowledged that finding a solution would be "good news for the EU".

Source: The Local August 24, 2017 15:33 UTC