Summit signals power shift back to governments
10.12.1998 / 00:00 CET
As the EU's leaders assemble in Vienna for the Austrian presidency's showpiece meeting, eight of them are honing plans to reclaim powers and budgetary authority long since ceded to the European Commission. Tim Jones reports on a stealthy transfer of control to ministersWHEN British Foreign Minister Robin Cook announced a year ago that "the high tide of European integration has passed", he was ridiculed at home for his optimism and condemned abroad for his pessimism.
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