Brussels, 04/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - Monday's meeting of the Preparatory Group of the Intergovernmental Conference (Vimont Group) did not give rise to any significant move forward regarding the question of extending qualified majority vote to the Council, the main theme under discussion. The representatives of the Fifteen reviewed the fifty provisions for which giving up the rule of unanimity is foreseeable. For the very first time they had concrete proposals of amended articles,...