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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7680

20 March 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/institutional reform
IGC leans towards reweighting of votes in Council without introducing double majority - New subjects

Brussels, 20/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - Although the Portuguese Presidency called for the second ministerial meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference to "go beyond mere repetition of national positions", the Fifteen, big states on one side and small ones on the other, according to a Council source, stood firm on the whole on their positions on the two main issues discussed on Monday: composition of the Commission and weighting of votes in the Council. "There was a survey of views that...

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