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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8342

18 November 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/general affairs council/enlargement
First ten new members to join on 1 May 2004 - Date accepted by candidates under certain conditions - Presidency prepares draft "final package"

Brussels, 18/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the EU's foreign ministers decided on 1 May 2004 as the accession date for the ten new members officially determined at the Brussels Summit, namely Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus. Until Monday, the date always given for the greatest enlargement in the history of the EU was 1 January 2004, but the EU eventually opted for a slight delay (five months) to give national...

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