New EU Members "To Make Unique Contribution"

Politics | May 1, 2004, Saturday // 00:00
New EU Members "To Make Unique Contribution" EU's heads Irish PM Bertie Ahern (M), EU Commission President Romano Prodi (L) and EP's President Pat Cox (R) welcomed the new members. Photo by Euro News

European Union's ten new members will make a unique contribution to the union, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country holds the current EU presidency, said.

He said today marked a new beginning for Europeans, and that the new members would enhance and strengthen the Union.

Speaking at the official Day of Welcomes in Dublin, he said the first major task for the newly expanded Union was to agree a new Constitutional Treaty.

Sitting alongside European Parliament President Pat Cox and European Commission President Romano Prodi, Ahern said many other challenges faced the new EU. He mentioned a few of them that included terrorism as well as creation of jobs and growth.

At the special press conference in Dublin Prodi also hailed the enlargement process. He, however, remained that there are other countries willing to become a part of the EU and therefore the work has to continue.

President of the European Parliament Pat Cox also said that the new members are firmly anchored into the values of the union.

Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus and Malta officially joined the EU at midnight central European time in a historic reunification of western and eastern Europe 15 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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