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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 2, No. 139, 22 July 1998

ORBAN CONCERNED ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR EU EXPANSION. Prime
Minister Viktor Orban, in an interview with the daily "Napi
Magyarorszag" on 21 July, said he is concerned about
differences of opinions among EU members on the
organization's expansion. Orban said some EU countries, such
as France, insist that new members be admitted  only after
internal reforms have been carried out, while others  take
the opposite view. These differences, he said leave Central
European candidates for membership fearing that accession may
be delayed by years. Orban also said he attaches "outstanding
importance" to relations with Romania and will pay an
unofficial visit there on 25 July. According to protocol,  it
is the Romanian premier's turn to visit Hungary. MS

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