Brussels, 04/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved a proposal for an addition to Article 7 of the Treaty that it proposes that Member States adopt in the framework of the current Intergovernmental conference (IGC) on institutional reform. Article 7 provides for sanctions in case of serious and persistent breaches of the fundamental principles upon which the Union is founded; the Commission proposes heading this article with a new paragraph introducing a surveillance and...