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Its appeal for potential candidate countries like Sweden, which has the lowest ratio of deficit to gross domestic product in the entire E.U., and Denmark (which could also enter the euro zone via a request scribbled on the back of a postcard) has faded.

The EU should play a more significant role in ensuring pluralism and press freedom in the candidate countries, its neighbourhood and in the context of trade and association agreement negotiations, MEPs say.

If Turkey wishes to assume its place in Europe, then, like all other candidate countries before it, Turkey must chart the course that gets it there.

PINCHE focuses on the "EU-27 region" (all 27 members of the EU) but intends to widen the scope of its policy implications to associated countries and potential candidate countries.

It contains no provision for EU candidate countries, although Poland is still aiming for a 2003 entry date.

As the EU began its first round of expansion in 1994, national referenda were held in each of the candidate countries.

Some candidate countries fear that an Irish rejection might encourage doubters from other European Union countries.

Indeed, membership will be good for the candidate countries' elites all round.

Poland is in the middle of the league of candidate countries.

"For the candidate countries, there are two levels of considerations," he said.

Candidate countries must demonstrate an adherence to the principles of democracy, market economy, and human rights.