"EU struggles to reassure would-be members
(AFP)
14 June 2005
LUXEMBOURG - The EU will seek to reassure would-be members this week that its expansion plans remain on track, but officials concede the bloc�s constitution crisis is complicating its historic enlargement drive.
The 25-nation European Union is publicly insisting that the French and Dutch �no� votes on its constitution will not block plans to take in a swathe of countries, from Romania and Bulgaria to Turkey and a handful of Balkan states."
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