Brussels, 17/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - It was with a comfortable majority that the European Parliament gave itself a negotiating brief on rail reform, on Tuesday 17 December. The parliamentary committee on transport (TRAN) adopted all the compromises reached on the reports of the five pieces of legislation relating to the fourth rail package. These largely revisit the initial Commission proposals, with the addition of a dose of flexibility, but keeping to the general spirit of things. The...