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Monday, May 04, 2009

Post-2004 EU enlargement is a hard grind for Olli Rehn

"Post-2004 EU enlargement is a hard grind for Olli Rehn
May 4, 2009 11:55am

When Olli Rehn, the European Union’s enlargement commissioner, underwent his confirmation hearings in 2004, he was asked what goals he hoped to achieve by the end of his five-year spell in office. He named six: a) a EU of 27 member-states, b) Croatia’s entry negotiations in their final stage, c) other western Balkan states put on a EU path through association agreements, d) Turkey firmly on the European track, e) Kosovo’s status settled, and f) Cyprus reunified."

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