COUNCIL OF MINISTERS: NEW VOTE WEIGHTING FOR THE "FUSION" ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

EU Ministers decided on April 18 to shift the vote weighting within the Fusion Programme advisory committee as in 1995 during the previous enlargement. The committee in question is involved in helping the European Commission with the implementation of the Euratom thermonuclear fusion research and development programme. The Council decision of December 16, 1980 whereby this committee was created, shall be amended as follows: Germany, France, Italy and the UK will have five votes each; Spain and Poland three votes each...