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In opinion on IGC, Commission mainly proposes qualified majority should become general rule and at least one third of Member States should establish "enhanced cooperation" within Treaty framework - Double simple majority (country and population) for council decisions

Brussels, 26/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - As we have already pointed out (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.7), the European Commission stresses in its opinion on the convening of the next IGC on institutional reform, presented on Wednesday afternoon by Romano Prodi and Michel Barnier to the European Parliament, that this conference is, for the Union, the "last possibility for preparing institutions for the enlargement in progress". The Commission, which notes that the European Council should at any...