Brussels, 24/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - Almost passing under the radar, a short inter-governmental conference (IGC), at the level of member states' permanent representatives to the EU (COREPER II), was held on Wednesday 23 June, with two items on the agenda:
- Amendment of Protocol N°36 of the Lisbon Treaty temporarily increasing the total number of MEPs to 754 until the end of this Parliament in 2014. This amendment to the Treaty, which still has to be ratified by national parliaments,...