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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9864

19 March 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/enlargement
Olli Rehn contests Angela Merkel's call for a “pause” in EU enlargement after Croatia's accession

Brussels, 18/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn is concerned that the main German political force, the Christian Democrat Party (CDU) headed by Chancellor Angela Merkel, is calling on the EU to mark a lengthy pause in enlargement after Croatia joins the EU. “We are going through a very difficult political context, with the financial crisis, recession, the approach of European elections and ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. The EU, however, can do several things...

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