Brussels, 29/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 28 June, the EU Council of Ministers adopted, without debate, a directive laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production, following the political agreement reached by European ministers on 7 May (see EUROPE 9422). Only Austria, believing the new legislation did not go far enough on animal protection, voted against the text. The Netherlands somewhat unwillingly accepted the compromise, saying that a...