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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8698

4 May 2004
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: 6,000 km of new external borders, drugs, corruption: the problems of the EU's enlargement to the East

Now that enlargement is a reality, we can change the tone. In the column which was published on the very day that the new Member States entered the Union, I played up the significance of the event and the historical turning-point this represents for Europe. Others did the same thing at the same time, much better than I no doubt, and the time for celebrations came and went. It will be followed by others, notably next month if the Constitution is approved. We'll see. For now, we have to face...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
SUPPLEMENT