European Parliament 14 March 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0714/02 by Fernando Fernández Martín (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Death of Jonas Savimbi.

Answer given by Mr Verheugen on behalf of the Commission (30 April 2002) The Commission considers that Romania continues to fulfil the political accession criteria as defined by the Copenhagen European Council of 21 and 22 June 1993, and in particular the first criterion: ‘that the candidate country has achieved stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and