Elargement possible

Sweden's Foreign Miniser Carl Bildt comments on Nicolas Sarkozy's inaugural speech as EU Council president, and the potential for EU enlargement. "It was good that he made it clear what a demanding programme we have ahead of us, and that we must not sink into an 'institutional soap opera'. But that does not stop him from thinking about enlargement. He cautiously implies how difficult it will be to admit new members without reforming the institutions. But this is true only to a certain extent. It is not impossible to continue enlargement on the basis of the Treaty of Nice - but it would be more complicated."

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