Brussels, 27/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - Interinstitutional negotiations on the European Social Fund (ESF) are running far from smoothly. After just under 20 meetings and a hasty departure, in a sign of protest, by European Parliament negotiators (see EUROPE 10830), the positions taken by the Council of the EU and MEPs were only slighter closer on the most essential points. A first important stage has nonetheless been crossed with a view towards a final compromise with the agreement on a fixed...