Tag: enlargement

German Foreign Minister Fischer says the EU should provide a timetable that shows the next stages of enlargement.

Latest opinion polls about enlargement in Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic reveal stable support.

EU's enlargement need not damage the internal market or EMU, says Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy.

Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen said that 2003 was a "realistic date" for EU's first enlargement.

Twelve candidate countries become members of the European Environment Agency on 1 January 2001.

At a conference in Paris, Eastern European leaders commented on enlargement negotiations and the IGC.

Negotiators of EU states and "Luxembourg" candidates meet for new round of accession talks.

Commission and Poland reach an agreement to mutually liberalise their trade in farm products.

Eurocities offer support to candidate countries' cities to integrate themselves into the EU.

The five front-runner candidate countries accused the EU of stalling its enlargement.

European Liberals expressed full support for EU enlargement, and cautioned that the EU should set deadlines for the implementation of its own reform.

Poland could put its accession to the EU in danger if it goes ahead with two planned river dam projects.

Federal Union of German Employers' Associations says that economy has a big interest in fast enlargement.

Commission will launch fiscal surveillance mechanism for the candidate countries in 2001 to prepare the ground for their euro entry.

Enlargement will cost the EU 80 billion euros between 2000 and 2006, according the a confidential report of the German ministry of foreign affairs.

The WWF will hold a live press conference over the Internet on 19 September on Poland's risk to delay its EU membership.

Negotiators from 12 candidate countries called on the EU to allow the best of them to finish negotiations in 2001.

A new CEPS working party examines the health aspects of EU enlargement.

Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen confirmed Commission's commitment that most candidate countries should become EU members before 2005.

Commission President Prodi and Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen pledged their committment to enlargement.

Enlargement commissioner Verheugen urged Romania to speed up reform to be able to join the EU.

European Parliament calls on Commission to consider introduction of transitional periods for the liberalisation of capital movements.

The EIB will lend up to 8.68 billion under its 2000-2007 mandate to ten accession candidate countries and three Balkan states.

Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen astonished EU foreign ministers with a possible referendum on enlargement in Germany.