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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8021

6 August 2001
(eu) euenlargement/austria

06/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with the weekly Format, the Minister-President of Carinthia, Jorg Haider (FPO) again demanded the holding of a referendum on EU enlargement, despite rejection of this demand by Foreign Minister Benita-Ferrero Waldner and the Head of Government Wolfgang Schuessel ("not as long as I'm Chancellor", he said). Following the Austrian elections in 2003, Mr. Schuessel "will let himself be more easily convinced, if he wants to become Chancellor again",...