Some people have asked whether we need the Treaty of Nice for enlargement to proceed, pointing to the fact that five new members could join under the Treaty of Amsterdam. In that treaty it was stated that further issues were to be addressed before any enlargement took place. Questions on the size of the Commission and the weighting of votes at the Council of Ministers had to be decided. Enlargement negotiations have been very positive and it is now accepted that ten applicants should be allowed to join by 2004. There is no other agreed basis on which enlargement could proceed.