Press Release: Consolidation, conditionality, communication – the strategy of the enlargement policy

The European Commission on 9 November 2005 adopted an overall enlargement strategy for the candidate countries Croatia and Turkey, and for the potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans. This strategy was based on three principles: consolidating the EU's commitments on enlargement, applying fair and rigorous conditionality, and communicating enlargement better. Among the adopted reports were those on Croatia and Turkey as well as on the other countries of the Western Balkans including an opinion on the application from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for EU membership.

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European Commission: DG Enlargement: 2005 Enlargement Package http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/archives/key_documents/reports_2005_en.htm

European Commission: Press Release: IP/05/1391, The Commission recommends candidate status for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 9.11.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/1391&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/05/411, Key findings of the 2005 Progress Reports on Croatia and Turkey, 9.11.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/411&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/05/412, The enlargement package 2005, 9.11.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/412&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/05/410, Key findings of the 2005 Progress Reports on Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro and Kosovo, 9.11.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/410&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/05/693, The 2005 Enlargement package, 16.11.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/693&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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