Helsinki, 29/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - As foreseen, the Finnish government sets out in a report submitted to the Parliament on 29 August on the results of the European Convention all the points of the draft European Constitution presented by the Convention which, in its opinion, should be discussed at the IGC. The government, for which the solutions envisaged by the Convention for the European institutions are "neither practicable nor balanced", insists on: - a clear definition of the tasks of a long-term European Council President (that Finland would be happy to be without). According to Helsinki, this president should show "impartiality and independence" similar to those required of the European Commission. Also, he/she should "not be provided with mechanisms that would rival those of the other EU institutions"; - qualified majority decision-making should be applied on an even larger scale; - there should be transparency in the legislative work of the Council, but this, Helsinki says, does not require the establishment of a separate Council; - and the maintenance of voting powers for a European Commissioner from each Member State. Furthermore, each Member States should propose just one candidate, and not several, for the post of Commissioner; - revision of provisions on structured cooperation in defence matters: - for this, general provisions on enhanced cooperation should be applied; - basic public service decisions should remain at national level; - and the Constitution should recognise the specific statute of the scarcely populated northern regions of Finland and Sweden.