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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7886

22 January 2001
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
The EU's official doctrine on enlargement does not suffice to overcome the contradiction between the desire to speed-up accessions and what is demanded of applicant countries - A leap of imagination is necessary

Jacques Delors and schizophrenia. In the affair of the Union's enlargement, I recognize myself in the qualification of "schizophrenia" of which Jacques Delors has spoken. I plead guilty, as I put two political demands on the same level, both fundamental but partially contradictory. The first is rapidly to take in the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe, to open up our arms to them with enthusiasm and recognition even, as well belonging to the same civilisation, we share the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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