Poland falls to bottom of EU list

Brussels - Poland yesterday fell to the bottom of the list of countries hoping to join the EU in 2004, despite efforts to speed…

Brussels - Poland yesterday fell to the bottom of the list of countries hoping to join the EU in 2004, despite efforts to speed up its stalled membership talks.

Warsaw's chief EU entry negotiator, Mr Jan Truszczynski, said that at yesterday's round of accession talks Warsaw would complete negotiations in just one of 29 required areas, or chapters, while other countries were making more progress.

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