Brussels, 01/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - Neither the efforts of the Swedish Presidency, not the conciliatory attitude of member states prepared to approve the compromise text put forward by the Presidency were enough on Tuesday 1 December for political agreement to be reached on the draft directive on patients' rights in cross-border healthcare (see also EUROPE 10030). Discussion will, then, have to continue, as a considerable number of member states wanted. The debate concentrated to a large...