Strasbourg, 05/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - Parliament had no problem voting on Wednesday on the largely unamended Resolution on enlargement and the thirteen reports on candidate countries, thereby giving a broadly positive verdict on the progress made in the negotiations, punctuated with specific criticisms of a few countries.
The MEPs began by voting through the Regulation on enlargement put forward by Elmar Brok (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.8), after adding a dozen or so amendments,...