Brussels, 19/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - Accession negotiations continued Friday afternoon, at deputy level, with three of the twelve candidate countries:
- Hungary: two chapters were on the agenda: budget, institutions. According to Endre Juhasz, Hungary's Chief Negotiator, there is now agreement on all aspects of the "institutions" chapter, except for the number of seats Hungary will have in the EP. Budapest is demanding 22 seats instead of the 20 allocated to it by the Nice Treaty, or the...