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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8579

6 November 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/candidate countries
Commission confirms "significant progress" in Bulgaria and Romania, but timescale (accession 2007) will depend entirely on extra efforts by these countries

Brussels, 05/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - In its "regular reports" on progress made over the past twelve months in Bulgaria and Romania, which were adopted on Wednesday, the Commission has blown hot and cold: on the one hand, it repeats the objective of welcoming both countries in 2007, and says that the joint Accession Treaty for both countries should be signed no later than towards the end of 2005; on the other, it does not go as far as the countries had hoped (to set a road map and a...

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