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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8287

31 August 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/france/enlargement
Chirac repeats enlargement must not be a pretext for early reform of CAP

Paris, 30/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - French President Jacques Chirac, who spoke on Thursday in Paris during the annual conference of French ambassadors, again denied the fact that France wished to prevent EU enlargement from going ahead on time. He insisted the EU should "stick to a timetable" and complete membership talks in December. He stressed that enlargement meant reviewing the way the EU works and above all reiterated his proposal for a Council President elected by the Heads of State...

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