Brussels, 23/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - Spain is not reluctant regarding the suggestion made of referring to the Charter of Fundamental Rights in Article 6 of the Treaty (see EUROPE of 22 November, p.7); on the contrary, it is in favour of the Charter's inclusion in the Treaty, Spanish sources wish to point out. Thus:
The Congress of Deputies, in its 3 October resolution on the Charter was almost unanimous (276 in favour, 1 against, 3 abstentions) in affirming that the time had come to ask the government to propose to the IGC "incorporating this Charter in the Treaty, so as to provide it with a binding character and legal protection before the Communities' Court of Justice".
Prime Minister Aznar, in his press conference at the end of the Biarritz Summit, on 14 October, said: Spain is in favour of incorporating the Charter in the Treaty. Were it to depend on Spain alone, in Nice we could include it in the Treaty "without any difficulty", but there are Member States that would, for their part, have difficulties - one has to understand them, and the Swedish Presidency will study the issue.