Institutional seats of the European Union was against the treaties and the natural prerogatives of a Parliament elected by direct universal suffrage, claiming the right to decide its own workings to its own efficiency. In response, leaders annexed the decision to the Treaty of Amsterdam, including it in the treaties. A Council decision on 29 October 1993 on the location of European agencies established that the European Monetary Institute, later the European Central Bank, would be based in Frankfurt. Frankfurt had to compete with numerous other cities, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Lyon, Barcelona and even Basel (in Switzerland, which was outside the European Union). France
Central European Media Enterprises Central European Media Enterprises Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) is a Bermudan media and entertainment company owned by AT&T, which operates television channels in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia. The company is listed on NASDAQ and Prague Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CETV. Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. was co-founded by Ronald Lauder and Mark Palmer, in Germany as CEDC GmbH (Central European Development Corporation) in 1991. That same year it changed its name and reincorporated in the Netherlands as Central European Media Enterprises (CME). Objections brought by the Czech Republic over the legal distinguishing of the