Brussels, 09/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - As planned, the Council of the Employment and Social Affairs Ministers of the EU ended in on Thursday evening in the failure of negotiations on the directive concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time. The point of dispute is the very sensitive opt-out clause which allows proposals to be made to workers to exceed the ceiling of 48 working hours per week. For many Member States the 48 hours of work per week envisaged in a contract...