SPECIAL EDITION FOR THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF LAEKEN

(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF LAEKEN: Guy Verhofstadt welcomes adoption of Laeken Declaration "without taboos" - Convention to be chaired by Giscard d'Estaing, seconded by Dehaene and Amato - Decision on "seats" package is deferred, the Food Authority and Eurojust being provisionally in Brussels and The Hague

Laeken, 16/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Council of Laeken on 14 and 15 December was successful in achieving its main ambition: that of adopting a Declaration on the Future of Europe which opens the way to major Union reform for the future. Results of the Summit were also positive concerning the role of Europe on the international scene, but was not able to come to a final solution to the question of where some dozen agencies would be located. Work closed with provisional decisions...