ROAD TRANSPORT : MEPS STILL SPLIT OVER WORKING TIME FOR SELF-EMPLOYED DRIVERS.

Members of the European Parliament are still divided over the idea of regulating working time for self-employed drivers. The split follows political lines: the Liberals and Christian Democrats are generally opposed, while the Socialists, the EUL and the Greens generally back the measure. The question was debated in the EP Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), on 27 January. MEPs have to decide whether or not to include self-employed drivers in the directive on working time for persons performing road transport activities (Directive...