Strasbourg, 13/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - Progress made over the past twelve months in the enlargement process has been "positive and encouraging" since the preparatory work carried out by the candidate countries and the speed of the accession negotiations "provides a sufficient basis for the accession of up to ten new Member States in 2004" (with the exception of Bulgaria and Romania) in time for the next European elections. This is the largely optimistic stance taken by Enlargement...