It seems everytime a EU official congratulates Romania, in a couple of days some other EU official comes up and cool things down, reminding us that the EU accession is not something we have to take for granted.
This time, mr. Olli Rehn, the European Commissioner for Enlargement, said Romania and Bulgaria still have to do a lot before joining the EU. In an interview Helsingin Sanomat, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, and the Danish Politiken said:
"We should learn that the schedule must not supersede the content. Timetables must not force us to conclude negotiations before we are ready to do so", Rehn says in reference to Romania.
You can read the full article here:
http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/article/1101978018047
Thanks to
Oana Brasoveanu for letting us know :)
Posted by Mihai : 12/16/2004 01:00:00 pm
Some say we're ready, some say we're not