Brussels, 11/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 10 October, the EU College of Commissioners held a policy debate on the EU's enlargement strategy during which EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn briefed fellow commissioners on the outline of the regular reports that the European Commission will adopt on 6 November for the three candidate countries (Croatia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, FYROM) and the four Western Balkan states that are members of the Stabilisation and Association Process (Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia-Kosovo). The detailed conclusions of the reports will be fine-tuned over the new few weeks. The commissioners did not discuss the actual funding of the EU's enlargement policy, explained a Commission spokesperson, adding that the Commission had published a policy paper in November 2006 (see full document in Europe/Documents 2452 of 23 November 2006) and the strategy was still viable. He added that at this stage, the Commission did not see any need to enter new debate into the fundamentals of enlargement. Based on the Commission's policy paper, the European Council of December 2006 agreed to a new direction in the EU's enlargement strategy in order to better reconcile the extent and depth of the European integration process (see EUROPE 9329 of 16 December 2006). The Commission will of course be participating in the debate on the future of Europe (describing French President Nicolas Sarkozy's idea of setting up a group of the wise to reflect on Europe in 2020-2030 as 'interesting') but believes that the debate on the future of Europe, including discussion of the EU's borders, should not be guided by geographical criteria but rather by political ideas and concepts, explained the Commission spokesman. (hb)