Brussels, 21/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - Swept along by a nine-hour debate on maritime safety ending around 2 a.m. (see previous article), the Transport Council launched, on Thursday afternoon, into a new negotiation marathon on the working hours of hauliers. Most of the debate was focused on temporarily excluding independent hauliers from the directive proposed by the Commission in order to allow the Council to reach an agreement on the issue under discussion for two years now. The Presidency...