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Tug-of-war on sites for EC bodies
BRUSSELS. June 26 EX leaders at the Lisbon summit will probably sidestep again one of the hottest issues In the Communlty-where to site a growing list of its institutions, reports Reuter.
The problem is so contro verstal, in fact it seems un likely even to figure on the summit agenda.
For two years France has blocked agreement on the sit ing of any new EC institution unless the A Isa cl an capital, Strasbourg*:. is made perma nent home to plenary sessions of the European parliament, the 518-member elected Eu
Belgium wants Brussels to be the unrivalled capital of Europe and is equally adamant that all there major EC instltu tions — the executive commis sion. the council of ministers and the parliament be sited In Brussels.
In turn. Germany insists , that the future European Cen tral Bank (ECB) Is on German soil to underline that a future Euro-currency will be as stable as the mark.
The war between Stras bourg and Brussels over the parliament has reached such proportions that both cities are preparing new facilities to House its plenary sessions
Several other EC instltu tions Including an environ
M"*? a trademarks office. a European police agency
called Europol, an agency to monitor medicines, and a drugs observatory have been caught in the crossfire of the dispute.
The environment agency has been unable to start work for two years even though EX leaders rushed to the Rio Earth Summit earlier this month to declare green Issues
lop of their agenda
With jobs, and the prestige of hosting an EC Institution at stake, any EX leader who has tried to break the deadlock over the last two years has got his fingers badly burnt.
Informal proposals in 1990 by then Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti were dis missed even before being discused by a summit. Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers was bitterly denounced by Belgium when he tried before the crucial Maastricht Summit last December to do a deal with France.
Lobbying Is especially fierce over the home of the European Monetary Institute, the fore runner of a future EC central bank. The Maastricht Treaty says a site should be chosen by year-end.
Frankfurt, London, Lyon. Amsterdam. Luxcmbourgc. ■ Manchester and Edlnburge are mounting publicity campaigns, distributing glossy brochures and- dispatching city fathers around Europe.
But since the Danish rejec tlon of the Maastricht Treaty has heightened unease about giving up the mark by 1999. Germany's resolve to secure the bank has stiffened
"We could forget ratification of Maastricht. ' if the bank Is not sited In Germany, a senior EC diplomat said on Monday.