SPECIAL EDITION FOR
EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF GOTHENBURG
15 AND 16 JUNE 2001

(EU) EU/EUROPEAN SUMMIT OF GOTHENBURG: With "ifs", Summit says that candidates so ready should be able to close accession negotiations end-2002 - Sustainable development integrated in Lisbon Strategy - Reflection on next IGC to continue until Laeken - EU to appoint representative in Skopje, for limited period

Gothenburg, 17/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Council of 15 and 16 June was "a success", especially regarding EU enlargement and the strategy for sustainable development, despite the presence of "criminal elements who move between our different countries and seek to destroy democracy", said Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson at his press conference on Saturday at the end of the Gothenburg Summit, referring to the demonstrations that degenerated on day before leaving several...