‘Fierce battle for votes' from El País (16 June 1997)
Text Published in the Spanish daily newspaper El País during the Amsterdam Intergovenmental Conference held on 16 and 17 June 1997, this article describes how the system of weighting votes within the Council has evolved since the foundation of the European Communities, and summarises the arguments surrounding its reform.
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Source: El País. 16.06.1997. Madrid. "La cruenta batalla del voto", auteur:Oppenheimer, Walter.
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