HC Deb 12 May 1998 vol 312 cc106-7W
29. Mr. Rammell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on progress in achieving agreement within the European Union on the enlargement process. [40521]

Mr. Fatchett

In the first four months of our Presidency of the EU, we have taken forward the remit agreed at the Luxembourg European Conference in London on 12 March; we launched the Accession Process in Brussels on 30 March; and we opened Accession Negotiations the next day with six of the applicants.

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