MEPs scrutinise EU hopefuls ‘case by case’

Euractiv reported that on 14 March 2012 the European Parliament adopted resolutions on three countries, representing extremes in terms of their EU accession process: Iceland, which moves on a fast track; Macedonia, the accession talks of which are blocked for a seventh year due to a conflict with Greece; and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the reform process is stalled.

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ESO: Background information: Countries clamoring to join the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/countries-clamoring-to-join-the-eu/

ESO: Background information: Memo: Statement of Commissioner Š.Füle after the meeting with Ms Teuta Arifi, Deputy Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-statement-of-commissioner-s-fule-after-the-meeting-with-ms-teuta-arifi-deputy-prime-minister-of-the-former-yugoslav-republic-of-macedonia/

ESO: Background information: Speech: Enlargement process on track with 5 more chapters open with Iceland http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-enlargement-process-on-track-with-5-more-chapters-open-with-iceland/

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/12/186: Address at the plenary debate on the former Yugoslavic Republic of Macedonia http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/186&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/12/187: Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Address at the plenary debate on Iceland European Parliament, Strasbourg Strasbourg, 14 March 2012 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/187&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/12/188: Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Address at the plenary debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina European Parliament, Strasbourg Strasbourg, 14 March 2012 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/188&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Parliament: Press Release: Iceland, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14.3.12 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20120314IPR40746/pdf

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