Brussels, 17/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Council made a renewed commitment to all the decisions and pledges already made about enlargement, without mentioning Turkey of Croatia by name. The draft conclusions document for the Summit noted (in its Friday evening version) that the European Council welcomed the signing of the Accession Treaty in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005 marking an important new stage in moving towards the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. Bulgaria and Romania will now participate in the work of the European Council, the Council and its preparatory bodies as active observers. The Council recalls its conclusions of 16/17 December 2004 on enlargement, stressing the need for them to be rapidly implemented. At a debate on Thursday evening on the future of the European Constitut8ion, President Chirac repeated French concerns (expressed earlier in the week by prime minister Dominque de Villepin) about the impact the EU constitutional crisis might have on the EU's enlargement plans. In his address, Chirac asked how EU enlargement could continue without the EU having institutions capable of ensuring the effective functioning of the enlarged EU. Spanish prime minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero reaffirmed his commitment to enlargement but also expressed a change of mood among Spanish people about the speed of the enlargement process and about the accession of Turkey. Other countries, like Germany, the UK, Sweden and Austria, strongly defended the EU's enlargement policy as a peace project that should not be challenged without serious consideration. The same countries stressed the EU had to keep its commitments to enlargement and in the end all 25 delegations accepted this view, which is reflected in the draft conclusions document. Speaking to reporters on Thursday evening, the President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, said that 'most' of the 25 Member States felt that the EU's pledges to Turkey had to be respected.