Brussels, 26/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The second series of negotiating meetings under the Belgian Presidency, at deputy-level on Friday, enabled several of the twelve candidate countries to close additional chapters or make progress in view of closing them soon. Here is an overview:
The Czech Republic closed two chapters (free movement of persons, financial control), taking the number of chapters for which negotiations are now over to 21. Pavel Telicka, Czech negotiator, declared to the...