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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9863

18 March 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/montenegro
Czech Presidency wants Council decision on application for accession before end of June, says Schwarzenberg

Brussels, 17/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Czech Presidency of the EU hopes that Montenegro's request to join the EU, submitted in December 2008, will be conveyed to the European Commission before the summer so that DG Enlargement can prepare its opinion, in line with the procedure laid down in the Treaty. “I hope that the Council will ask the Commission's opinion before the end of our Presidency” at the end of June, said Czech Foreign Minister and current Council President Karel...

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