Brussels, 22/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - Germany and France presented during the ministerial conclave on Sunday last their first joint contribution to the Intergovernmental Conference on institutional reform. Their proposal concerns the extension of qualified majority vote in Council in the field of taxation (Article 93 of the Treaty). It provides for maintaining the unanimous vote for all provisions in the field of direct taxation and on matters of excise duties and taxes on turnover for...