Brussels, 16/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - EU heads of state seemed to be prepared on Friday to grant 'candidate country' status to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) but the formal adoption of the decision (in the form of European Council conclusions) was in suspense on Friday awaiting the outcome of the stormy EU budget negotiations (on the Financial Perspectives 2007-2013, see other article).
At the COREPER meeting on Wednesday, France agreed in principle that FYROM should be...