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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8342

18 November 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/general affairs/reform
Debating reform of Council Presidency and High Representative's role

Brussels, 18/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Monday evening, the Council discussed a note by the Danish Presidency on reforming the Council Presidency. Denmark will make an initial report-back to the Copenhagen Summit on the issue. The "small countries", which want to preserve institutional harmony, want to simply improve the currency revolving Presidency system. Diplomatic sources report that several small countries, following the example of Belgium (which was the first to take the floor on...

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