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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8547

23 September 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/enlargement
Latvians' massive yes to accession (67%), despite majority opposition among Russian speakers - government in crisis

Brussels, 22/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - 67% of the Latvians taking part in Saturday's referendum voted in favour of their country's accession to the EU (turn-out: 72.5%); 32.3% voted against. "We have entered a new historical era", declared President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, welcoming the "democratic maturity" of her countrymen: "today, we can look to the future with confidence. The objectives we set ourselves, accession to the EU and to NATO, will become reality in 2004". In Brussels, the...

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