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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7876
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/greece

Prodi stresses that enlargement will take Greece closer to centre of Europe - Settling the Cyprus issue before membership

Brussels, 08/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with the Greek newspaper "Sunday Vima" and taken up by the ANA press agency, European Commission President Romano Prodi stresses that enlargement should contribute in bringing Greece closer to the "centre" of the European Union, in the sense that the latter will have a more important role to play in the Balkans. As for Cyprus' membership, Mr. Prodi reaffirmed the importance of finding a solution to the Cypriot issue before accession....

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