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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9892

30 April 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/enlargement
Accession of Balkan countries and Turkey will not necessarily prevent deepening of EU, states Rehn

Brussels, 29/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - The accession of the Western Balkan countries and of Turkey will not necessarily end the deepening of European integration, but only if member states have the “political will” to reform the Union's budget and common policies “well in advance”, said Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn. “There is no inherent contradiction between deepening and widening. Both must continue in parallel,” he said in an interview with EUROPE. “That's why it is so...

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