Meeting of Chief Negotiators Shows Differences Among EU Candidates

Warsaw, 8 March - No anticipated joint statement was passed at a meeting of chief negotiators from the Luxembourg group of EU candidate countries in Warsaw on Friday, at which positions on the EU financial strategy for enlargement were discussed. While the candidates agree on basic views on the proposed strategy, the meeting confirmed that they have different interests, STA was told by Slovenia's chief EU negotiator and Europe Minister Janez Potocnik after the meeting.