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1 International Herald Tribune , 17-18 February 1996.
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2 See Peter van Ham, `Prospects for Membership of Central European Countries in the European Union', in Finn Laursen, ed., Central Europe - Economic and Political Status and Prospects for EU Membership (London: Pinter Publishers, 1996).
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3 BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts - Eastern Europe , 2350, 8 July 1995.
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6 Together in Europe. EU Newsletter for Central Europe , no. 91, 15 June 1996.
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7 These elements were formally identified at the European Council's Florence Summit (21-22 June 1996).
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8 Germany, France, Italy and the UK have ten votes; Spain has eight and medium-sized countries such as Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands and Portugal have five; Austria and Sweden, four; Denmark, Finland and Ireland, three; and Luxembourg, two.