Candidate Countries Referendum Update

FPI, Brussels, 13.05.2003

MALTA                        08.03.2003            NOT BINDING  52.8% YES  45.7% NO

SLOVENIA                  23.03.2003            NOT BINDING   89.6% YES 10.3%  NO

HUNGARY                   12.04.2003            BINDING           83.7% YES  16.2% NO

LITHUANIA                 10.05.2003            BINDING           89.9% YES   8.85% NO

SLOVAKIA                  16.05.2003            BINDING

POLAND                     08.06.2003            BINDING

CZECH REPUBLIC      15.06.2003            BINDING

ESTONIA                    14.09.2003            NOT BINDING

LATVIA                       20.09.2003            BINDING

CYPRUS                     NOT PLANNING A REFERENDUM

None of the existing Member States currently plans to hold a referendum