On 29 March 1996, the Italian Presidency draws up a note on the organisational aspects of the Intergovernmental Conference on the basis of the conclusions of the Madrid European Council and in consultation with the subsequent Irish and Dutch Presidencies.
On 11 April 1996, the Portuguese delegation sends a document to the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union dated March 1996, which sets out Portugal’s official position for the Intergovernmental Conference on the revision of the Treaty on European Union.
On 22 May 1996, the Austrian delegation sends a document to the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union setting out the general positions of Austria, as decided by the Austrian Federal Government on 26 March, in view of the Intergovernmental Conference on the revision of the Treaty on European Union.
Press conference held on 23 July 2007 in Brussels by Manuel Lobo Antunes, Portuguese State Secretary for European Affairs, Luís Amado, Portuguese Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union, and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, at the opening of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) responsible for drafting a treaty amending the existing treaties.
On 21 June 1999, during the third Intergovernmental Conference between the European Union (EU) and Cyprus, Ioannis Kasoulides, Cypriot Foreign Minister, comments on the state of negotiations for the island’s accession to the EU.
This note from the Presidency of the Intergovernmental Conference, dated 30 April 1997, reports on the progress made in the work on simplifying and codifying the Treaties. It replicates the text of the latest report from the Friends of the Presidency Group.
On 21 March 2000, the government representative of the Federal Republic of Germany communicates Germany’s fundamental position on institutional reform to the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Conference Group of Ministers’ Representatives.
On 17 July 2007, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union sends an information note to the foreign ministers on the organisation of the Intergovernmental Conference.
On 18 March 1996, with a view to the Turin European Council, which will formally open the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) for the revision of the Treaty on European Union on 29 March, the Italian Government establishes its political objectives and priorities.