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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7817

11 October 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/enlargement
Commissioner Verheugen feels that accession negotiations may finish in 2002, in order to enable first accessions in 2003 - Considerable progress in Poland

Luxembourg, 10/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Commissioner responsible for enlargement, Gunter Verheugen, announced on Tuesday that the Commission would propose in its "composite paper" (which will accompany the progress reports that will be publish 8 November) to complete accession negotiations with the first candidate countries somewhere in 2002, in order to enable the first accession during 2003. "2003 is an absolutely realistic target date", said Mr Verheugen in Luxembourg following the...

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