HELSINKI (Reuters-BNS) - European Union president Finland has opposed German suggestions that East European nations negotiating entry to the 15-nation bloc should be offered a firm accession timetable, a senior Finnish official said on Friday.Eikka Kosonen, director general in charge of EU affairs at the Foreign Ministry, said Finland believed setting targets for the applicant countries now would complicate EU enlargement."If it's a date that is early, it might be very tempting but unrealistic, and if it's late, it will cause dissatisfaction among the applicants," Kosonen said.Five former E...
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