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| | Xak.com: Progress on environment slow in new EU countries |
 | | The Commission is, however, reluctant to publish a ranking of the countries' relative progress, as different conditions in the individual countries make such ranking impossible, reports Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. |
 | | According to him Poland is among the countries having the greatest problems on environmental issues, despite the country's progress in the area of legislation, while Slovenia is a country that has really endeavoured to comply with the environmental targets and deserving of the top rating on the first list. |
 | | According to Soledad Blanco, the new countries are engaged in a long and complicated process, but "really does hope that they will make it before the date of entrance next year", she says to Dagens Nyheter. |
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