25/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - At the Thursday 24 June Transport Council, the European Commission announced that it is withdrawing the draft directive on lorry drivers' working time following rejection of it by the European Parliament and persistent disagreement between MEPs and the member states (the draft legislation would have excluded self-employed drivers from current working time legislation, see EUROPE 10161). In March 2009, the Transport Council called for self-employed drivers to be...