OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 39, 23 February 1996

HUNGARY'S EU INTEGRATION COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST MEETING. The committee
set up to coordinate preparations for Hungary's admission into the EU
met for the first time on 22 February, Hungarian dailies reported. The
committee is composed of Prime Minister Gyula Horn, Foreign Minister
Laszlo Kovacs, Interior Minister Gabor Kuncze, Industry and Trade
Minister Imre Dunai, Justice Minister Pal Vastagh, head of the cabinet's
integration working committee Andras Inotai, and state secretary Elemer
Kiss. The committee--the highest-level body coordinating EU integration-
-accepted a schedule and a timetable for accession and discussed key
tasks to meet that goal. Of the nine countries in the region with
associate membership, only Poland has set up a Ministry for EU Affairs.
-- Zsofia Szilagyi

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