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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8368
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/cosac

Guidelines for better parliamentary scrutiny of governments' Council activities

Brussels, 22/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - A working group of representatives of national parliaments and the European Parliament on the functioning of COSAC adopted draft guidelines in Copenhagen last week on how national parliaments can be more involved in EU affairs with emphasis on governmental scrutiny on the Council. It also recommended setting up a standing COSAC secretariat and abandoning the unanimous voting rule for its decision making. These proposals will be submitted to a COSAC...

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