London, 16/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The United Kingdom has confirmed that it is prepared to drop one of its two European Commissioners on condition that there is a re-weighting of votes in Council. When presenting the British "White Paper" (see EUROPE of 12 February, p.4) for the Intergovernmental Conference to the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook provided the following indications:
Council: "the most pressing reforms is to increase the share of our vote in the Council of...