Making a success of enlargement

The Göteborg European Council has set a high level of ambition. It concluded that ``provided that progress towards meeting the accession criteria continues at an unabated pace, the road map should make it possible to complete the accession negotiations by the end of 2002 for those candidate countries that are ready. The objective is that they should participate in the European Parliament elections of 2004 as members''.

Meeting these objectives will require efforts from both the Union and the candidate countries. The Union should define common positions within the timeframe provided by the road map. The candidate countries must continue preparations to meet fully the accession criteria, with particular attention to enhancing their administrative capacity to implement the acquis. Indeed, progress in the negotiations is based on convincing progress in adopting, implementing and enforcing the acquis.

Subsections

• Following the road map ­ the remaining chapters
  • The financial framework and related chapters
  • Other chapters
  
  
• Action plan for administrative and judicial capacity
  • Reinforcing Institution Building Actions
  • Enhanced Monitoring
  • Administrative capacity beyond accession
  
  
• Turkey's pre­accession strategy - towards a new phase
• The next steps
  • Meeting the accession criteria
  • The first accessions
  • Other negotiating candidate countries ­ towards an updated road map