Candidate Countries Referendum Update

FPI, Brussels, 24.03.2003

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

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.