Der Europäische Rat von Kopenhagen (12. und 13. Dezember 2002)
‘The Union’s Big Bang’ from L’Express (12 December 2002)
TextOn 12 December 2002, commenting on the Copenhagen European Council, the French weekly news magazine L’Express speculates on the political and institutional repercussions of the future enlargement of the European Union.
Copenhagen European Council (Copenhagen, 12–13 December 2002)
ImageAt the Copenhagen European Council held on 12 and 13 December 2002, the Heads of State or Government of the Fifteen listen to Valéry Giscard d’Estaing’s report on the progress of the work carried out by the European Convention before focusing, in particular, on the enlargement of the European Union and the common foreign and security policy (CFSP).
‘A new unified Europe is sealed in Copenhagen’ from Le Monde (13 December 2002)
TextOn 13 December 2002, commenting on the conclusions of the Copenhagen European Council, the French daily newspaper Le Monde considers the new challenges facing the enlarged European Union.
‘Europe of 25’ from Le Soir (13 December 2002)
TextOn 13 December 2002, commenting on the conclusions of the Copenhagen European Council, the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir profiles an enlarged European Union consisting of 25 Member States.
TV5 interview with Noëlle Lenoir on the enlargement of the European Union (16 December 2002)
TextOn 16 December 2002, Noëlle Lenoir, French Minister Delegate for European Affairs, comments on the decisions taken at the Copenhagen European Council concerning the enlargement of the European Union.
Pressekonferenz von Tony Blair beim Europäischen Rat von Kopenhagen (16. Dezember 2002)
TextAm 16. Dezember 2002 gibt der britische Premierminister Tony Blair am Rande des Europäischen Rates von Kopenhagen eine Pressekonferenz, bei der er vor allem auf die historische Tragweite der von den fünfzehn Staats- und Regierungschefs getroffenen Beschlüssen bezüglich der Erweiterung der Europäischen Union eingeht.
Report by Anders Fogh Rasmussen to the European Parliament on the Copenhagen European Council (18 December 2002)
TextOn 18 December 2002, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union, outlines to the European Parliament the nature of the decisions adopted at the end of the Copenhagen European Council, with particular regard to the enlargement of the European Union.
Cartoon by Hanel on the enlargement of the EU to include the CEECs (2002)
Image‘Welcome to the club.’ Following the Copenhagen European Council held on 12 and 13 December 2002, the German cartoonist, Walter Hanel, takes an ironic look at the condition of the ‘European house’ in the light of the forthcoming enlargement of the European Union to include 10 new Member States.