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Conclusions of the Helsinki European Council: extract concerning preparations for enlargement (10–11 December 1999)
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Helsinki European Council: Presidency Conclusions 11/12/1999 Nr: 00300/1/99. [ON-LINE]. [s.l.]: Council of the European Union, [s.d.]. Available on http://ue.eu.int/en/info/eurocouncil/.
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accession to the Community, enlargement of the Community
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© European Communities
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On 10 and 11 December 1999, the Helsinki European Council decides to open accession negotiations with Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Romania. By stating that, ‘in the negotiations, each candidate State will be judged on its own merits', the European Council consolidates the principle of differentiation.
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Helsinki European Council (10-11 December 1999) Presidency Conclusions
Introduction
1. The European Council met in Helsinki on 10 and 11 December 1999. It adopted the Millennium Declaration. It has taken a number of decisions marking a new stage in the enlargement process. Steps have also been taken to ensure that the Union itself will have effective, reformed institutions, a strengthened common security and defence policy and a competitive, job-generating, sustainable economy. 2. At the start of proceedings, the European Council and the President of the European Parliament, Mrs Nicole Fontaine, exchanged views on the main items under discussion, in particular enlargement, institutional reform and employment.
I. Preparing for enlargement
The enlargement process
3. The European Council confirms the importance of the enlargement process launched in Luxembourg in December 1997 for the stability and prosperity of the entire European continent. An efficient and credible enlargement process must be sustained. 4. The European Council reaffirms the inclusive nature of the accession process, which now comprises 13 candidate States within a single framework. The ca (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Mário Soares visits the European Commission (Brussels, 11 March 1977)
European Union Member States and applicant countries
The United Kingdom's accession
The Hague Summit
Group photo taken at the signing of the Accession Treaty (Athens, 16 April 2003)
Negotiations with Ireland, Denmark and Norway
European Union: Member States and applicant countries (2003)
The accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities (Brussels, 22 January 1972)
Enlargement
The UK joins the European common market (1 January 1973)
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