Czech Republic: application for accession to the European Union
2003/0901(AVC)
The European Parliament adopted the resolution, by 489 votes for, 39 against and 37 abstentions, drafted by Jurgen SCHRODER (EPP-ED, Germany) and gave its assent to the application by the Czech Republic to become a member of the EU. Parliament stated that this assent would not determine its position on the adjustment of the financial perspectives to cater for enlargement according to point 25 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999.�