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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7681

22 March 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/general affairs
Decision concerning rationalisation of Council formations is postponed

Brussels, 21/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - As there was no quorum, the General Affairs Council (GAC) was not able to decide by qualified majority, on Monday, whether to proceed to the rationalisation of Council formations. The issue will be back on the GAC table during a later session. The lack of quorum noted by the Portuguese Presidency shows, of course, that there are persistent difficulties. Thus, the Netherlands recalled that the European Council had foreseen reducing the Council formations...

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