ADOPTION OF FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BETWEEN COMMISSION AND PARLIAMENT FURTHER DEFERRED.

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The Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament once again failed to resolve its difference on 18 May over the Framework Agreement on relations with the European Commission. The President of the EPP group, Hans Gert Pottering, upset the balance by demanding substantial modifications to the technical compromise reached by the two institutions, and not purely editorial amendments as had been agreed (see European Report No 2500 for further details). Backed by the Greens and the ELDR, he called for an exception to the yearly principle for discharge procedure to enable...

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