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The Treaty of Nice, which has just been adopted, is already out of date on certain points. This is what we can glean from the conclusions of the Brussels European Council, from which we learn in particular that:
the Treaty of Nice only stipulated the new weighting for votes in the Council as of 1 January 2005 (Article 3 of the enlargement protocol). As enlargement will take place during 2004, however, what will happen in the meantime?
it seems preferable to lay down a derogation to the rule of the Treaty according to which Member States hold the presidency in turn, in order to enable the new Member States to better prepare themselves for their turn;
lastly, the rules on weighting and qualified majority and on the number of MEPs should be adapted to take account of 10 new Members, rather than 12.
I shall confine myself here to making two general comments. Firstly, these are not the only points on which the Treaty of Nice is already out of date. We shall see this more clearly tomorrow. Secondly, as it now needs revising, what do we do about the rules laid down to this end by Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union, the aim of which, in particular, is to ensure debate and transparency? The Brussels Council did not say a word about this."@en1
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