Brussels, 14/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner Michel Barnier, who is taking part at the Intergovernmental Conference on institutional reform both within the Preparatory Group chaired by Francisco Seixas da Costa and alongside President Prodi, at the ministerial sessions of the IGC and during European Councils, reaffirmed before the press prior to the official opening of the Conference (see other article) that the eleven months foreseen for this negotiation are "necessary" but...