04/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - Saturday's Frankfurter Allgemeine reports that the German transport ministry is prepared, with a view to gaining the go-ahead from the Commission, to restrict its planned aid for lorry drivers to a specific time period. The aid aims to compensate hauliers fro the new tax (see EUROPE of 26 July, p.10). The paper reports that Commissioner Loyola de Palacio agrees in principle and a spokesperson for German transport Minister Stolpe said the Commission had raised the...