Brussels, 10/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - COREPER, the Committee of member states' permanent representatives to the EU, will resume its discussions on Friday 11 December, in the hope of reaching agreement on the proposal for salary increases for European civil servants (see EUROPE 10033). The European Commission continues to defend the method of calculation, the effect of which will be to grant a 3.7% increase in EU officials' wages and pensions between summer 2008 and summer 2009. Several EU...