A review of EU candidate countries

19^th March 2012

On 14th March MEPs noted the differences in progress achieved by Iceland, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in view of their accession to the EU. With regard to Iceland some problems continue, notably regarding fishing, but MEPs really do hope that the country will soon join the EU. As for Macedonia MEPs asked the Council to set a date soon for the start of negotiations. They regretted that the dispute over the country's name continued to rage. However with regard to Bosnia-Herzegovina, MEPs were much more reserved, believing that the construction of a democratic State was far from being complete and they wonder about the development of the role played by the international communjity.

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