Candidate Countries Referendum Update

FPI, Brussels, 20.05.2003

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           92.4% YES   6.2% NO

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.