Matters of interest: Euronews – step-up cooperation and transparency. Prodi apparently unenthusiastic; Contact with Jacques Poos, MEP
Discussion on Arte TV channel about a recent film on the European Parliament (EP) Participants MEPs, Lousewies van der Laan, Jean-Louis Bourlanges, Klaus Haensch and Financial Times journalist Peter Norman
President Romano Prodi sent letter to [Elmar] Brok, MEP and [Dimitris] Tsatsos appealing for unity on institutional reform
Prodi press conference: binding nature of Convention is something to be dealt with post-Nice. EP associated with work of the Intergovernmental Conference
Brok and Tsatsos Press Conference on European Convention with jaume Duch, EP press service, Brok and Tsatsos: draft Treaty, no progress in sight on issue of co-decision
Hans-Gert Pöttering, Leader of European People's Party (EPP) press conference: EPP sees some light but shadow emerging from Nice. Council is now more not less complicated. EP’s rights not taken into account. Brok: need to raise voting threshold. Obstacles multiplied by four due to insufficient results in all policy areas. Some improvements in draft Treaty but falls short on what is needed to strengthen democratic legitimacy; Chirac: "les decisions qui non convaincent personne ne servent pas à grandes choses"
Seminar on Nice Treaty: Prodi – before Nice: 70 legal bases convened by unanimity, at Nice 35 came under qualified majority voting. At no stage in IGC was there any systematic link between qualified majority voting and co-decision

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Overlap with notebooks DAH-24 and DAH-26