Strasbourg, 09/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - Given that one of the two rapporteurs on the proposals for directives contained in the defence package proposed by the Commission in July 2007 was absent (see also EUROPE 9697), the internal market committee had only a very brief exchange of views on the two draft reports on Monday 7 July in Strasbourg.
German Green member Heide Rühle explained that she supported the draft directive aimed at facilitating intra-Community defence-related transfers,...