Reflection Group
01 January 1991
Reflection Group
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The European Council (Summit) in Corfu at the end of the Greek
Presidency of the EU set up the Reflection Group to prepare for
the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference (this will revise the
Treaty of Union/Maastricht Treaty). The group will comprise
representatives of the Foreign Affairs Ministers, the President
of the European Commission and two representatives of the
European Parliament. It will start work in June 1995 and be
chaired by a Spanish appointee, and report in time for the
December 1995 Summit. Presidency Conclusions, European Council,
24-25 June, Corfu.
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The Presidency of the EU
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It is currently held by Germany until the end of 1994. Then in
1995 France will take over followed by Spain, and in 1996 the
year of the Intergovernmental Conference on the review of the
Maastricht Treaty Italy will be followed by Ireland. The new
Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, from 1 September,
is to be Mr Jürgen Trumpf, a former permanent representative of
Germany at the Council.
Statewatch, Vol 4 no 4, July-August 1994