Brussels, 26/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, as we reported in an earlier edition, the Competitiveness Council agreed on the draft directive on cross-border mergers. The Member States agreed to accept the compromise drafted by the Dutch Presidency on worker participation in such a cross-border merger. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, who chaired the Competitiveness Council, said he was delighted with the outcome, seeing it as an important breakthrough which would make the EU more competitive...