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Bulgaria and Romania

52. It is the Union's common objective to welcome Bulgaria and Romania in January 2007 as members of the Union if they are ready. On the basis of the Commission's Monitoring Report of May 2006 the European Council confirms this position. While commending both countries for the reform efforts undertaken lately, the European Council calls on Bulgaria and Romania to rigorously step up their efforts to tackle decisively and without delay the remaining issues of concern as mentioned in the commission's May 2006 report. The European Council remains convinced that, with the necessary political will, both countries can overcome the deficits stated to reach the envisaged date of accession on 1 January 2007. It therefore welcomes the intention of the Commission to present its next monitoring reports by early October at the latest. It encourages Member States to complete the ratification of the Accession Treaty on time.

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Аn overall policy on transparency – Brussels, 16 June 2006

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EU leaders agree to keep on reflecting

In Short:

Bowing to the inevitable, EU leaders at the summit have agreed to prolong the 'reflection period'. The final deadline for leaving the constitutional impasse will be the end of 2008.

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Brief News:

The former Commission President and newly elected Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, laid out the essential stakes in a few words after the first session of the EU summit, 15-16 June: "The real discussions on the constitution can only start under the German presidency and after French elections," Prodi said.

The German presidency runs in the first half of 2007, French elections are held in the spring of 2007. The French no-vote at the May 2005 referendum was the first stumbling block to the Constitution, and the 'états d'âme' of the French nation is thus set to remain pivotal for salvaging the Constitution.

Apart for agreeing that more time is needed, there was no real clarification in sight: "The substance of the constitutional treaty is good and it should be kept alive, but there's no consensus," admitted Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel.

15 EU nations have ratified so far, and some are eager to build on the Constitutional Treaty, whereas the Netherlands, whose citizens overwhelmingly voted it down in June 2005, will not submit the same text to a new vote.

Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has argued that existing EU treaties could be adapted if the EU needs to take in new members.