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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8457

8 May 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention
VGE proposes public debate and vote - Remarks by Simitis and Prodi on Council Presidency and signing of the Treaty

Paris, 07/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - During a public debate on the LCI television channel, Chairman of the European Convention Valéry Giscard d'Estaing suggested Romano Prodi should choose a "large European town, in Italy or elsewhere" for settling the question of the future European Council Presidency. "You defend the rotating Presidency while I shall defend the stable Presidency (…). After the debate we'll have a vote and see which of us has to go with the majority", VGE told the...

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