02/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - ESF deal criticised at European Parliament - After more than twenty rounds of negotiations, the European Parliament and the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU reached agreement on 1 October on a compromise on the European Social Fund (ESF). The Parliament's employment and social affairs committee is unhappy with the outcome, however, and will be contacting the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, about the matter. The sticking point is...