During a meeting dominated by possible Union membership for Turkey, EU leaders have also given the final green light for membership in 2007 to Bulgaria and Romania.
Member states agreed on Friday (13 December) that the accession treaties, the documents outlining the final terms of membership for both countries, should be signed in April.
Membership of the Union will be on 1 January, 2007.
However, the EU will continue to monitor both countries closely - particularly Romania ...
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