Brussels, 19/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner Olli Rehn (Enlargement) welcomed the European Council's decision to grant candidate country status to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The Commission had recommended that this be so “because the country deserves it on objective grounds”. At this stage, the Commission does not yet recommend opening talks, Mr Rehn stresses (during the General Affairs Council of 12 December, Mr Rehn had even said that the question of...