Jeg vil på vegne af vores gruppe endnu en gang understrege, at vi altid har haft en tidsplan, der går ud på at afslutte forhandlingerne inden udgangen af 2002, derefter at underskrive traktaterne i marts eller april og at formalisere tiltrædelsen i 2004, således at kandidatlandene kan deltage i valget til Europa-Parlamentet i 2004.
On behalf of our group, I would again like to make very clear that we had always envisaged a timetable according to which negotiations would be concluded by the end of 2002, with the treaties then being signed in March or April and the accessions formalised in 2004, so that the candidate countries would be able to take part in the 2004 European elections.