The three leading candidate countries for EU membership insist they are still aiming to join by 2003

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Series Details 21/09/00, Volume 6, Number 34
Publication Date 21/09/2000
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Date: 21/09/00

Ministers from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia said they expected to keep to their original target dates for entry and dismissed suggestions that EU governments were holding up enlargement. “At this moment I see no reason why we should change our target date.That would only slow down momentum,” said Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kavan.

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