Brussels, 04/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 4 October, the petitions committee of the European Parliament gave its major support to the European Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros, who had come to explain the reasons underlying a special report regarding the European working time directive. In his special report, the ombudsman criticised the European Commission for not having dealt with the complaints tabled in November 2001 by a German doctor concerning this directive within the...