Their accession treaties were signed on 25 June of that month.

Negotiations took two years with the signing of accession treaties on 22 January 1972.

Parliament alone has the privilege of coming to a decision on every single accession treaty.

For that to be the case, work on the accession treaty needs to be completed before the end of 2005.

There are special rules written into the accession treaties concerning the free movement of workers during transitional periods.

Unfortunately, the candidate countries agreed to such treatment in their accession treaties.

Two months ago they moved to delay our approval of the accession treaties.

It is a fundamental right, especially as we are not dealing with a trade agreement here but an actual accession treaty.

These were also included in the accession treaties of the last ten countries that joined the European Union.

Given this situation, the Commission has an obligation under the accession treaties to intervene in the matter.