Brussels, 31/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - EU27 employment and social affairs ministers were unable to obtain a political agreement on Wednesday 30 May on the draft directive on the portability of pension rights (EUROPE 9435). This can be explained by the veto imposed by the Netherlands, which regarded the text as being “seriously watered down” and objected to the long list of exceptions that increasingly restrict the already limited field of application. The Netherlands also considers that...