On December 10th the President of the Parliament, Jose Maria Gil-Robles, inaugurated the meeting room specially designed for Parliament-Council conciliation meetings in the new buildings of the Parliaments in Brussels.The room was immediately put to use.
Agreements were reached on two proposals: for the Socrates student exchange programme there will be an extra Ecu 70 million over the next two years, available in particular to encourage exchanges of students across Europe. The second related to voice-telephony. There was a compromise on consumer rights in a liberalised telecommunications market, introducing notably the idea of equal access for the disabled.