Strasbourg, 23/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - It is still only a step on the way to reform the system of MEPs' expense allowances, but the decision taken by the Bureau in Strasbourg on Monday 19 May, gives room for hope for better compliance with labour law with regard to parliamentary assistants. In future, assistants working in Brussels could have an employment contract similar to that of contract agents working in the institutions, subject to an agreement with the Commission and the Council....