Nice, 07/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The "very positive" discussion in the summit that, Thursday morning, gathered 15 EU Heads of State and Government and 13 colleagues from the accession candidate countries and Switzerland, confirmed the EU readiness to welcome the first new Member States "as soon as they are technically ready, as of January 2003", asserted President Chirac following the European Conference. The European Council President welcomed the "new impetus" given over the last months...