Brussels, 31/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 31 October, the European Commission had a discussion on the Intergovernmental Conference on institutional reform in the EU, at the end of which Commission President Romano Prodi and the Commissioner for institutional issues, Michel Barnier came to speak to the press on the state of negotiations, both assuring journalists that, right up to Nice, the Commission would endeavour to preserve the Community model and secure as large an extension of...