17/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - Commenting on the vote at the European Parliament on the harmonisation directive for consumer credit (EUROPE 9581), the European Consumers Office was delighted that in certain EU countries will be better informed about the real cost of their credit and that member states will be able to ban lenders from demanding charges from consumers for early repayment. However, it regretted that they had missed an opportunity on fighting against debt by the concept of a...