28/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - Graham Watson, president of the ALDE group at the European Parliament complained in the Financial Times on 28 February of back-door deals being done. Watson believes these deals have a tendency to tie the two German leaders of the EPP-ED and PES groups, Hans-Gert Pöttering and Martin Schulz together at the instigation of the “broad coalition” in Berlin on a series of significant issues such as the “services” directive. According to the FT, Pöttering and...