Brussels, 07/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - Among the various reactions to the amended draft directive on services in the internal market (see EUROPE 9167 and 9168), those from the interest groups vary between satisfaction, through mixed to disappointment.
The SME union of the European People's Party (EPP) felt that the amended proposal would fill the first objective of the “services” directive, that is, “to open up markets and remove barriers”. “The Parliamentary compromise had to be...