Brussels, 13/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - Taking a stance on the report by Spanish Socialist Manuel Medina Ortega on the fifth "car insurance" directive which should make car insurance contracts more appropriate for the growing mobility of their holders, the European Parliament brought the second reading to a close. It accepts minimum damages in the case of accident as defined in the Council's common position (see EUROPE of 29 November 2003), as well as the compensation paid out to pedestrians...