EU ministers have given the green light to a controversial law to open up Europe's services sector, despite a last-minute attempt by new member states to push through some pro-market measures.
"With great satisfaction I can tell you that we were able to reach a breakthrough on the services directive in the council," Austrian economics minister Martin Bartenstein told journalists late Monday (29 May), after hours of debate with his EU colleagues.
The disputed legislation aims to bo...
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