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The Barroso commission is seeking a "Europe of results" (Photo: European Commission)

Commission backs French veto reduction idea

A two-day seminar on the future of the EU saw the European Commission voice support for French proposals to remove national vetoes from the current EU treaties, hoping that 2007 will bring a further "institutional dynamic."

Commission officials on Friday (28 April) said that Paris' plans for a smoother-functioning EU, tabled earlier this week, had been briefly discussed by the college of commissioners in Lanaken outside Brussels.

There is "convergence" between the French proposa...

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The Barroso commission is seeking a "Europe of results" (Photo: European Commission)

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