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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8698

4 May 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/enlargement
First session of Parliament enlarged from 626 to 788 members

Strasbourg, 03/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - After Farmleigh House, on 1 May, in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 3 May. Enlargement of the European Union from 15 to 25 members, its greatest enlargement since the Europe of Six, or reunification of Europe, was celebrated during the afternoon of 3 May at the European Parliament with a brief, simple ceremony, with a crowd milling in the square before the Parliament. President Cox gave a few words of welcome, first in English and...

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