Brussels, 26/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - Agreeing with the rapporteur, Richard Seeber (EPP-ED, Austria) and the compromise reached with Council, the European Parliament opened the way, in Strasbourg on 25 April, to coordinated assessment and management of flood risk in the EU, leaving member states a certain amount of leeway. The tabled proposal for a directive had been presented by the Commission in January 2006 (EUROPE 9214) to establish a framework at European level and to draw lessons from...