The Council of Ministers held its 294th meeting, under the presidency of Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs. The main points discussed are: - the reinforcement of the EP's budgetary powers - the state of the negotiations with Spain, Israel, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Malta - enhancing the functioning of the institutions - development aid - negotiations with the ACP.
Participants: - Joseph van der Meulen, Belgian Permanent Representative to the EC - Ove Guldberg, Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs - Jean Sauvagnargues, French Minister for Foreign Affairs - Garret FitzGerald, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs - Aldo Moro, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs - Gaston Thorn, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg - Max van der Stoel, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs - James Callaghan, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
