Brussels, 12/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - The EU Council made the following statement over the framework agreements recently signed, after long negotiations, by the President of the European Parliament Nicole Fontaine and the President of the European Commission Romano Prodi (see EUROPE of 6 July, p.4):
"The Council took note of the Framework agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission signed 5 July 2000. It notes that the two institutions concerned have taken...