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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9213

17 June 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council/enlargement
Final text no longer describes EU absorption capacity as accession “criterion” but Schüssel stresses it is a “condition” for future enlargement - Commission report in December

Brussels, 16/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Union will honour existing commitments on enlargement, including the prospects opened up to the Western Balkans, but it will be important to ensure in future that the Union is able to function politically, financially and institutionally as it enlarges, and to further deepen Europe's common project. This was agreed by the Heads of State and Government at the European Council on Friday after a debate that mainly focused on the EU's...

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