11/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 9 December, the Transport Council noted the progress report on the draft directive making it easier to apply sanctions across borders in certain cases of traffic infringement (speeding, drink driving, not wearing a seat belt, going through a red light). Despite agreement on the aims of the proposal, most delegations have maintained their opposition to the legal basis of the text as proposed by the European Commission (Article 71 of the EC Treaty) and...