Press Release: Intergovernmental Conference: Commission presents further contribution to use of qualified-majority voting in tax and social security issues

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Series Details IP/00/261 (14.3.00)
Publication Date 14/03/2000

The Commission President, Romano Prodi, and Michel Barnier, the Commissioner with special responsibility for the Intergovernmental Conference, have presented a paper on extending qualified-majority voting in the fields of taxation and social security. The paper supplements the Commission opinion of 26 January 2000 on the reform of the institutions. It encourages use of a more effective decision-making process so as to guarantee the smooth functioning of the single market ahead of enlargement.

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