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'A success for Konstantinos Karamanlis' from Le Figaro (11 February 1976)
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Press article
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GERSON, Harry, Un succès pour Constantin Caramanlis, in Le Figaro. 11.02.1976, No 20 346, p. 3. Translated by the CVCE.
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accession to the Community, EC transitional period, Greece
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On 11 February 1976, the French newspaper Le Figaro comments on Greece's reaction to the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Nine to accept the Greek application to join the European Communities without the requirement of a pre-accession probation period.
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| Location in the digital library |
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1980–1986 Enlargement to the south and the Single European Act >> Enlargement to the south >> Second enlargement: Greece
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| Document extract |
The Common Market says ‘Yes’ A success for Konstantinos Karamanlis
During their meeting on Monday, the Foreign Ministers of the Nine decided that negotiations for Greece’s accession to the Common Market would be opened as soon as possible. They rejected any political precondition as well as any idea of a ‘probationary period’, thus contradicting the opinion of the Commission, which had wanted to delay Greece’s entry until that country’s economy was better able to cope with all the consequences of entry. As always, the negotiations that are to be opened with Greece will be fairly lengthy. Nonetheless, the Nine do not want them to be extended unnecessarily. Athens: From our special correspondent Harry Gerson Mr Konstantinos Karamanlis expressed his satisfaction at the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Nine to reject the clause in the Commission’s report proposing a transitional period before Greece’s accession, as a full member, to the Common Market. As soon as the news was received in Athens, the Prime Minister declared that the complete integration of Greece as the tenth Member State of the EEC was a historic event for his country and that it confirmed the confidence that Greece now inspired internationally. On 31 January 1976, Mr Karamanlis had made it known that he c (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Decision of the Council on the accession of Greece to the ECSC (24 May 1979)
Reservations expressed by France and other Member States
Commission Opinion on the application for accession to the European Communities by the Hellenic Republic (23 May 1979)
Poster welcoming Greece
Lecture by Xenophon Zolotas on the economic situation of Greece (2 June 1978)
Transitional Protocol to the Agreement between the EEC and Portugal (3 December 1982)
Main provisions of the transitional period for Spain (1987_1996)
Greece submits its application to join the European Communities (12 June 1975)
The case of Turkey
Cartoon by Plantu on Greece’s application for accession to the EEC (June 1975)
Lecture given by Xenophon Zolotas on the accession of Greece to the EEC (Athens, 13 April 1976)
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