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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8417

11 March 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention/united kingdom

10/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with The Times, the representative of the British government at the European Convention, Peter Hain, indicated that London would be willing to accept the election of the President of the European Commission by the European Parliament, in order to obtain in exchange, a full-time President of the European Council. However, the President of the Commission should be elected by a 80% majority of MEPs, he affirmed. The British newspaper also indicated...

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