Request and Proposal for Improvements in Decision-Making Processes

A Joint Declaration to the Council is issued by the President of the Commission of the European Communities, François-Xavier Ortoli, and the President of the Council of the European Communities and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Walter Scheel, regarding the problems facing the Community in the current period and proposing improvements to decision-making processes. The declaration refers to stagnation in many areas of decision-making, focusing on issues of common concern (e.g., payments).