Brussels, 03/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - The meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference Preparatory Group, chaired by Francisco Seixas da Costa, held on 2 May for further discussion of the extension of qualified majority, revealed the extent of support for the Presidency's latest paper on this question, which most negotiators consider to be the central issue of the IGC. The Portuguese Presidency enumerates in this paper (to which EUROPE will return) some 20 issues on which there could be a...