Rechtsangleichung im Recht der Kettenbefristung in der EU

European Union directives serve to harmonise laws in member states and are only justified by their effectiveness. But in the case of the loosely-framed Council Directive 1999/70/EC concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term contracts, this seems doubtful. However, Sudabeh Kamanabrou's comparative analysis of such contracts in 15 member states comes to the surprising conclusion that the level of protection is essentially comparable.