30/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - Speaking to the press in Nitra (Slovakia), on Thursday, Commissioner Franz Fischler stressed the "tremendous progress" made by Slovakia on the road to EU membership, although progress on the agriculture chapter remains limited. Mr Fischler also stressed that farmers would not benefit from direct aid of an amount equivalent to that granted to farmers in the current Member States: "This would not only cause market and land price distortions: it would also freeze...