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Sketching out the endgame (II)

In an attempt to take into account the special wishes of each candidate country, the offers also contain upward adjustments of several important agricultural quotas, including the milk quotas, and additional facilities for the new member states to top up direct payments to their farmers. Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia would receive an additional 5% for rural development. For some new member states, the offers would extend the period during which land could only be purchased by nationals, and for Hungary and the Czech Republic they would grant extra seats in the European Parliament. The offers would also provide some €0.6 billion for decommissioning of ageing nuclear power plants.

At the same time, the total economic effect of the packages remains well within the decisions on the budget for enlargement taken at the European Council in Berlin in March 1999, and at the Brussels summit, and they are below the Commission proposal of January 2002.

attempt - pokus to take into account - vzít v úvahu upward - stoupající adjustment - úpravy quota - kvóta to top up - dovršit farmer - zemědělec additional - dodatečný rural - zemědělský, venkovský to extend - rozšířit to purchase - koupit to grant - udělit nuclear power plant - jaderná elektrárna below - pod

The goal of the Presidency is to complete negotiations on this broad basis with the ten countries at meetings at foreign ministers level on December 9-10, so that the enlargement deal can be confirmed at Copenhagen, and so that the new EU member states can be welcomed into the EU on 1 May 2004.

The initial reactions of the candidate countries to the offers ranged from a cautious welcome - from many - to a demand - from some - for much more. But the Presidency has made clear that there is not much more that can be offered now. Even before the Presidency presented its proposals to the candidates, there had already been expressions of concern from some member state representatives that the offers were too generous.

goal - cíl on basis - na bázi at level - na úrovni to confirm - potvrdit initial - počáteční to range from-to - sahat odněkud někam, pohybovat se od-do cautious - opatrný to make clear - jasně stanovit, jednoznačně prohlásit expression - výraz concern - starost, obava, zájem generous - štědrý

Připravuje Markéta Frýbová


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