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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8355

6 December 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention
Vitorino working group proposes to change from qualified majority to codecision - Franco-German proposal

Brussels, 05/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The working group on freedom, security and justice is to present to the Convention, on Friday morning, relatively ambitious proposals for simplifying and improving the setting in place of a European policy on justice and home affairs. The group, chaired by Antonio Vitorino, proposes to replace unanimity by qualified majority and co-decision in most fields. It bases its proposals on two "golden rules": 1) the creation of a common general legal framework...

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