TEXTS OF THE WEEK

: The European Commissioner responsible for institutional reform, Michel Barnier, lays down milestones for the IGC - Priority to content over deadlines - Risk that ambitions not reflected in the reform should be raised outside the Union's institutional framework

Michel Barnier, European Commissioner instructed by President Prodi to represent him within the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on institutional reform, has taken a stance on the ongoing work. His article - published in "Le Figaro" of 9 May, is not intended to present the European Commission's stance on institutional reform; this has already been done in the basic document that the Commission adopted in February. The interest of Mr. Barnier's intervention resides essentially in the fact...