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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7847

23 November 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/institutional reform/austria
Woschnagg shows himself to be open to extension of qualified majority voting (but not for environment or transport) and states that Austria is not yet ready to negotiate option of "differed ceiling" on Commission

Brussels, 22/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - Speaking before the EP's Committee on Constitutional Affairs Tuesday evening, Austria's Permanent Representative to the EU, Gregor Woschnagg, member of the IGC Preparatory Group, told them: "we want a Treaty in Nice", and the Nice Summit must also be the trigger for a broad and open discussion on the reform process that should, I personally believe, involve a vaster circle of participants, including the European Parliament, national parliaments and the...

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