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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8291

6 September 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/convention
Alan Lamassoure says EU is condemned to create an executive, reforming the Commission cannot be done without, and European Council can no longer be the permanent pilot of the ship - Subsidiarity but also Community spirit

Brussels, 05/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - The French UDF MEP Alain Lamassoure, Member of the European Convention, has presented a contribution to the Convention affirming that the traditional debate between the defenders of the European Commission and the defenders of the Council can no longer be posed in the same terms because of the revolution of quantity (the number of EU Member States) which condemns the EU to qualified majority decision-making and the creation of an executive power - "a...

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