Brussels, 12/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - Six months ahead of enlargement, Friday's European Council made two important decisions: one definitively opening the way for the accession of the ten new members on 1 May 2004, the other assuring Bulgaria and Romania (the two candidate countries still in negotiations) that their accession process will carry on as planned, with the objective of finishing in January 2007. For the ten acceding countries, the Heads of State and Government formally approved...