THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) european council of athens

President Cox pleads for observance of the Copenhagen calendar by the Convention - Not for a "hybrid body" which would sow the seeds of confusion between the roles of national and the European Parliament

Athens, 16/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - At the opening of the unofficial European Council of Athens, the President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, underlined in front of the Heads of State and of the government that "the Parliament thinks that the calendar set in Copenhagen and confirmed by the decision to convene a singular European Council on the 30th June must be respected". "There is no point in wasting time. We know the points of contention. The convention proceedings have acquired a...