Brussels, 15/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - During the signing of the Accession Treaty in Athens on 16 April, which the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres) both welcomed and insisted that the 10 signatory Members fully and immediately participate in the Lisbon Process, in the different "benchmarks" and ongoing BEST programmes, the Maribor Process for SMEs, the Broad Economic Guidelines and the work of the European convention. A press statement indicated that this was expected to ensure that the "future Europe is constructed with the full agreement of all members". Eurochambres has highlighted the positive economic and political effects that enlargement will bring. From a point of view economic, the association explains that an enlarged Union will allow for economic activity to develop, as well as Europe's competitiveness and the relaunch of today's slow recovery. In a thinly veiled reference to recent divisions on the war in Iraq, Eurochambres explained that politically, "it will offer governments the chance to rebuild political relationships "quickly and with goodwill, just as the relationships with the new Member States must be developed".