Candidate Countries Referendum Update

FPI, Brussels, 16.04.2003

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

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.