Brussels, 08/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - At the time of going to press, the ministers for employment and social affairs have been unable to agree on the compromise in the UK Presidency on various aspects of the working time directive. The stumbling block was mainly the issue of an opt-out of a working week of 48 hours. Positions within the Council remained the same. The United Kingdom, plus Italy, Germany and the majority of the new Member States are calling for no date to be laid down for the...