Brussels, 17/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 16 November, the permanent representatives from the EU member states reached a principled agreement on the draft directive guaranteeing throughout the EU the defence's right to information in criminal proceedings. This draft is part of a raft of directives put forward by Commissioner Reding in the criminal legal field. It was presented last June and includes the right to translation and interpretation, and the right to access to a lawyer...