Brussels, 30/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - MEPs backed a draft directive on 29 March in the plenary session which aims to encourage the use of mediation as a fast and economical method for resolving cross-border civil and commercial disputes. In adopting, at the first reading, the report by Arlene McCarthy (PES, UK), the Parliament is establishing mediation as a beacon method for resolving disputes out of court. This directive is part of the extension of the conclusions of the Tampere European...