Nice, 27/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The foreign ministers of the Fifteen signed the Treaty of Nice at the Prefecture de Nice (Palais Sarde) on 26 February. In their addresses on the occasion of the signing ceremony, the French and Swedish Presidencies, as well as the presidents of the European Commission and Parliament, urged Member States to ratify the Treaty swiftly, Treaty which, they all pointed out, opens the way to an unprecedented European Union enlargement. They all also stressed the...