French President Emmanuel Macron (L) shakes hands with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev after a joint press conference in Varna, Bulgaria, on Aug. 25, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron here on Friday said he and his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev had agreed on creating a Europe that better protects its citizens. (Xinhua/Wang Xinran)
VARNA, Bulgaria, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron here on Friday said he and his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev had agreed on creating a Europe that better protects its citizens.
The two presidents agreed on the reform of the current Posted Workers Directive of theEuropean Union(EU), Macron said at a joint press conference after bilateral talks.
The posted workers directive aims to make the internal market fairer for workers who are sent by their employers to another EU member.
In turn, Radev said, "Bulgaria is against social security fraud and circumvention of rules," and called for enhanced cooperation and control over the protection of workers' rights and improvement of working conditions.
The Bulgarian president also underlined that the so-called social dumping was not limited to the issue of the posting of workers. Issues such as corporate and tax dumping should also be discussed, Radev said.
Later on Friday after a meeting with Macron, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said there is no doubt that there was indeed a problem with the EU posted workers system, but he was confident a solution would be found. But all parties must be listened to.
The two also discussed migration and border control issues as well as defense, agreeing they would undertake joint actions in line with the geopolitical situation.