Brussels, 24/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 24 November, the European Parliament voted by a wide majority (510 votes to 40, with 24 abstentions) to approve the agreement negotiated by the conciliation committee, thereby removing the final obstacle to the coming into effect of the new rules, following the Council agreement last Friday (see EUROPE 10025). “I sincerely believe that the conciliation agreement reached was the best we could have hoped for. This is the first time that a...