Brussels, 21/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - By a qualified majority, the EU Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday 20 December not to endorse a European Commission proposal for a 1.7% pay rise for EU civil servants for 2011. Four countries abstained, including Luxembourg and Belgium. The Council decided to refer the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over its decision not to make use of Article 10, Annex XI, of the Staff Regulations which allows the Commission to say that due...