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Benelux suggests half-yearly rotating European Council and Council should be kept (except for General Affairs and Foreign Affairs Councils) and accepts the idea of delegate Commissioners

Brussels, 06/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - As promised, the representatives of the governments of Benelux at the European Convention (Louis Michel from Belgium, Gijs de Vries from the Netherlands and Jacques Santer from Luxembourg) presented a letter to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing setting out "alternative proposals" on institutional issues, and insisting on respect of the Community method. They still reject a full-time president of the European Council but have relaxed their stance over the...