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A majority tendency in favour of applying
co-decision to the budget procedure emerged from the
Convention's debate of the Union's finances on 4
April.

The 105-member Convention on the future of the Europe will debate the Union's finances on the second day of its plenary session on 4 April.

The Convention on the future of Europe debated the draft articles on the area of freedom, security and justice at its plenary session on 3 April. Whilst there was wide divergence of positions on the proposed creation of the European public prosecutor, most speakers supported the idea of setting up a European border guard.

The Greek Presidency of the EU is examining the possibility of organising a special summit in June to discuss the institutional reform.

The Convention will hold an additional session on 26 March to continue its debate on draft Articles 1 to 7.

The Convention President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has revealed new draft articles of the future Constitutional Treaty, dealing with the EU's finances.

Due to the imminent war in Iraq, EU leaders have taken the debate on the Convention's progress report off the agenda of their Brussels Summit on 20 March.

Growing rift among the European governments over the Iraq crisis has contributed to a delay in the drafting of the EU constitution. The Convention President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing stated at the plenary session on 17 March that it might not be possible to present a draft to the European Council in Thessaloniki on 20-21 June 2003.

At its next session on 17-18 March, the Convention will discuss subsidiarity and the role of national parliaments in the EU.

European Convention President Valéry
Giscard d'Estaing has announced that he would present an
outline of a future EU Constitutional Treaty to the Convention
at its plenary session on 28 and 29 October.

The European Convention is discussing final
reports by Working Groups on Legal Personality and Subsidiarity
at its plenary session on 3 and 4 October.

National parliaments should have more say in EU lawmaking, according to the conclusions of the European Convention's Working Group on the Principle of Subsidiarity, adopted on 19 September.

The Role of National Parliaments in the Future EU An EPC Dialogue was held on the role of national parliaments in the future EU on 13 September 2002. Gisela Stuart, UK MP, Elizabeth Arnold, deputy chair of the Danish Parliament's European …

In its contribution to the Convention debate on
the future of the EU, COSAC (Conference of Community and
European Affairs Committees) has demanded a bigger role for the
national parliaments in EU politics. COSAC wants to be reformed
into a Forum of Parliaments, which will represent the national
parliaments in EU policy-making.

FORUM: Federalism vs. Inter-governmentalism   Legitimacy and efficiency for EU institutions: National Parliaments The future role of national parliaments will be crucial in enhancing the legitimacy of European integration. After it was chosen as one of the main issues to be addressed …

The parliamentary component of the EU institutional system needs to be strengthened through better cooperation between the national parliaments and the EP. This was the conclusion of a report by Giorgio Napoletano, the EP's Constitutional Affairs Comittee chairman, on the relationship of the EP with the national parliaments, which was adopted by the Committee in preparation for the Convention on the future of Europe.