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ENLARGEMENT : ANNUS HORRIBILIS IN 2009, HOPES FOR 2010.

Publication: Europe-East
Publication Date: 22-OCT-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The year 2009 was no picnic for EU enlargement, which was hampered by the economic crisis, bilateral disagreements like the one between Slovenia and Croatia, the interminable ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and the increasingly open hostility of certain countries towards Turkey. "We had a difficult year," admitted Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, who presented, on 14 October, the Commission's annual strategy and progress reports on the Western Balkans and Turkey (see separate articles).

"We managed all the same to keep the enlargement train on track, even though it is advancing at the speed...

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