The Dutch have urged the EU Commission to take a "rigorous" approach in deciding if Ukraine merits being put on the enlargement train.
The Commission is due to unveil its Ukraine recommendation on Friday (17 June).
The informal Dutch paper on Ukraine's application, seen by EUobserver on Thursday but sent to the Commission earlier, says: "The Netherlands reaffirms its commitment to the enlargement process".
But it also says "we reaffirm the need for fair and rigorous condi...
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