AFPFrench President Emmanuel Macron is going on a three-country tour of central and southeast Europe on Wednesday, hoping to drum up support for his ambitious EU reform agenda as his ratings falter at home. Macron, elected in May, has promised to overhaul the so-called Posted Workers Directive because it is used by eastern Europe companies to undercut their rivals in wealthier members such as France. Other strands include creating a "Buy European Act", which would oblige EU governments to buy more from companies that manufacture inside the bloc. Pierre Vimont, a former French diplomat and senior fellow at the Carnegie Europe think tank, called changing the Posted Workers Directive "a symbolic case" for the president. Poland is the country that benefits most from the Posted Workers Directive, with an estimated 500,000 of its nationals employed by Polish companies in other EU members.

Source: The Local August 23, 2017 07:07 UTC