Strasbourg, 09/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - In its adoption of the report by the Frenchman Bernard Poignant (PES) last week at the Strasbourg plenary, the European Parliament has approved a slight modification to the proposed directive on the minimum level of training for third country seafarers (codecision, first reading). Parliament supports the objectives of the proposal: to improve maritime safety by guaranteeing a high level of training for third country seafarers, and to bring in a global...