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Summary

This passage deals with the European Union¡¯s fifth and the largest enlargement to accept ten new members, the progress in the accession negotiations with many chapters of the acquis having been provisionally concluded, and the benefits the enlargement will bring to the EU members and the candidate nations, and to other countries, especially to the developing nation candidates, because the previous enlargements have shown the income gap between the members and the candidate nations tended to narrow.