Brussels, 21/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commissioner for Institutional Affairs, Michel Barnier, spoke in the debate on the distribution of powers in the EU on the occasion of an interview published in Le Figaro on 21 October. Faced with the suggestion of a "board of four of five" in the Union, Mr. Barnier was indignant: "the very idea of a board is fundamentally contrary to the European project as devised since Monnet. Initially, there were three audacious institutional moves...