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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7883

18 January 2001
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
What was decided in Nice concerning European Commission does not resolve true problems and hides serious dangers

Wonderful tussles expected. Why are the results of the Nice Summit concerning the European Commission insignificant and especially dangerous? Because they do not resolve the true problems. The decision in Nice includes some positive elements: nominating of President and Commissioners by qualified majority (with this rule, the "post-Delores" Commission would have been Presided by Mr Dehaene, as the United Kingdom would not have been able to use its veto) and a three fold increase in the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
SUPPLEMENT