As a result of diplomatic interventions by the central European states of the Visegrád group, the European Council decided at its Copenhagen summit in June 1993 that: "the associate member states from Central and Eastern Europe, if they so wish, will become members of the EU.
在维舍格勒集团内的中欧国家外交推动下，欧洲理事会决定在1993年6月的哥本哈根峰会上表示：“集团的中东欧成员国，它们既然如此希望，可以成为欧盟成员国。