Commission's financial offer disappointing for candidate countries
The first official calculation of the cost of enlargement, submitted by the Commission to the Member States, comes short of the candidate countries' expectations. According to the Commission's working paper, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and even Slovakia could become net contributors to the EU budget already in the first year of their membership, in 2004.
The first official calculation of the cost of enlargement, submitted by the Commission to the Member States, comes short of the candidate countries‘ expectations. According to the Commission’s working paper, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and even Slovakia could become net contributors to the EU budget already in the first year of their membership, in 2004.
