Brussels, 26/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - Council President Brian Cowen noted on Monday that there was no qualified majority to approve the draft statute for MEPs. Four countries - Germany, France, Austria and Sweden - expressed their opposition to the draft of the European Parliament. German Minister Joschka Fischer had not arrived at the time of discussion on this matter but the German delegation expressed its disagreement as to the amount of payment and stressed that a majority of the German...