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20 October 2002
Filed under:Current affairs (Europe) at5:44 pm

According to the BBC 62.89% of Irish voters have backed the Nice treaty in a referendum meaning preparations to finalise the admission of ten new countries (mostly in Eastern Europe) in 2004 can proceed. It will cost current members a lot over the next few years to help bring countries like Slovenia closer to the European average but in the end if all goes well this will help to form a bloc of more than 500 million well-educated consumers all adhering to liberal democratic values and norms of government.

Filed under:Gadgets at11:12 am

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