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April 16, 2004
Constitution talk in the Netherlands opens way to Commission streamlining While on a visit to the EU's next presiding nation, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has signalled flexibility over the composition of the European Commission. The structuring of the body in a bloc of 25 members or more has yet to be decided.
In the text of a speech for delivery in Rotterdam, where he took a cruise with Prime Minister Peter Balkenende, Schroeder said Germany could accept not always having a representative in the EU executive.
In a reduced commission, all the member states, including the biggest, Germany, would take turns, a system of equal rotation. The way the Commission is set up must be decided in the bloc's constitution.
Euronews.net
Information uploaded by Marko Bucik on April 16, 2004 12:57 AM
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