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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8484

18 June 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/enlargement
Thessaloniki Summit is expected to support conclusion of negotiations with Bulgaria and Romania in 2004 - Detaching negotiations of talks on financial perspectives

Luxembourg, 17/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, Romania and Bulgaria restated their appeal to the Fifteen that they should formally pledge, at the Thessaloniki Summit, to do everything possible to conclude accession negotiations in 2004 (before the Prodi Commission's mandate expires on 31 October 2004) so that they may be welcomed into the EU on 1 January 2007. Our aim is to conclude negotiations in 2004, said Bulgarian foreign Minister Solomon Passy after a ministerial negotiating...

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