BUDAPESTHungary's government and newspapers across the country hailed the overwhelming success of the country's referendum on joining the European Union April 12, although there was concern about the lower-than-expected turnout.Nearly 84 percent of Hungarians voted in favor of EU membership. The result means Hungary can now join the 15-nation bloc in 2004, along with up to nine other candidate states from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean."Hungarians have decided their fate. They decided they want to belong to the EU," Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovacs told state television.Newspapers unani...
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