Nice, 07/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - After proclamation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Council of Nice opened with the traditional meeting with the President of the European Parliament, Nicole Fontaine, who immediately declared that the Summit of Nice would be a summit of "truth".
Speaking of reform of the EU institutions, Ms Fontaine reaffirmed that, for the Parliament: - qualified majority voting is "necessary for taxation matters, social policy and cohesion, commercial...