SUPPLEMENT / “europe”/document no. 2311

Convention: France and Germany propose a "stable" Presidency of the European Council and the election of the European Commission President by the European Parliament

Following the informal meeting at the Elysée on 14 January, France and Germany announced a joint contribution to the European Convention on the Union's institutional architecture. They make proposals for a "full-time" president of the European Council and on the election of the president of the European Commission by the European Parliament, as well as on a "European Foreign Secretary" (see EUROPE of 16 January, p.5). In their contribution (that we are publishing in full in our...