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The European Council of June 2000 established that all the countries of the Western Balkans were potential candidates for EU membership.
Subsequently, in June 2003, the European Council reiterated its determination to fully and effectively support the European perspective of the Western Balkan countries, which will become an integral part of the EU, once they meet the established criteria. It is therefore essentially up to the countries concerned – I think that the debate we have had on the Western Balkans has adequately demonstrated this – to set the pace at which they come closer to the EU by aligning with the
and by meeting the criteria established by the Copenhagen European Council.
On 16 March 2005, the Council reaffirmed the European Union’s commitment to the accession of Croatia and adopted the framework for negotiations with that country. It also referred to the importance of full cooperation with the ICTY on the part of all the countries of the Western Balkans. That is an essential requirement for closer relations with the EU and I think that, in the previous debate, I did emphasise this once again.
In that regard, after deliberation by the Council and in the absence of a common agreement, the opening of accession negotiations with Croatia has been postponed. The bilateral intergovernmental conference will be convened by common agreement as soon as the Council has established that Croatia is cooperating fully with the ICTY, and you will be aware that, to enable the Council to take this decision with full knowledge of the facts, we have set up a group chaired by the Presidency, and involving the next two Presidencies as well as the Commission and the High Representative. The first meeting with the Croatian Government will take place on 26 April, to discuss precisely this aspect of cooperation with the Hague Tribunal."@en1
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