Western Balkans' EU Bid Put into Question
As EU leaders gather for a summit on Wednesday on how to keep engaging with their Western Balkans neighbors, the bloc’s once-successful enlargement policy faces an impasse, AP reported.
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May 21, 2001
Swedish Ambassador to Sofia Sten Ask stated today Bulgaria got much closer to the EU during Swedish presidency, which exprires end of Jine.
"A lot of things were done during the term of the current government, many are still to be done by the next one," the ambassador added.
Bulgaria just closed Fishing chapter in the EU negotiations, which is the 6th closed. 16 chapters are still open, 15 will be opened during the further part of the negotiations.
"There is no logical reason Bulgaria not to be accpted as a full member of the EU as from the beginning of 2007," Swedish ambassador Ask concluded.
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