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10/4/05

Troubled path to enlargement

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"Troubled path to enlargement

Simon Tisdall
Tuesday October 4, 2005
The Guardian

To borrow a phrase from the Queen, 2005 is turning into the European Union's annus horribilis. Its dreams of ever closer union were shattered when French and Dutch voters rejected the EU's draft constitution. The subsequent EU summit was one of most acrimonious on record, with additional rifts opening up over the budget and Britain's rebate

And now, despite yesterday's last-gasp deal to Ankara on its membership application, the wrangling that preceded it in Luxembourg has again left the EU looking weak, out of touch, and uncertain of its path."

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