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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8454

3 May 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention/commission
Barnier and Vitorino present amendments to Presidium document on institutions - no to full time Council President - one Commissioner per country - simple majority voting of those on Council

Brussels, 02/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - Following its discussion on the European convention Presidium's proposals on the European institutions, the European Commission has announced that Commissioners Michele Barnier and Antonio Vitorino would be presenting amendments to the document. Gerassimos Thomas declared that the Commission approach was "constructive". Asked about the position of Barnier and Vitorino (who are both Commissioners and members of the Presidium), Thomas noted that the...

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