Brussels, 01/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - In the afternoon of Monday 30 November, the Employment and Social Affairs Council reached political agreement on a “balanced text”, the draft directive seeking to improve social protection for self-employed workers and assisting spouses. “We dealt with the issue from the point of view of social security, by which I mean that each member of the couple can have equal right to parental leave,” Swedish Integration and Equal Opportunities minister...