On 6 October 2004, the Conference of Presidents on Turkey’s application for accession comments on the position of the European institutions on Turkey’s application for accession to the European Union. From left to right: Günter Verheugen, European Commissioner responsible for the enlargement negotiations, Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell Fontelles, President of the European Parliament, Julian Priestley, Secretary-General of the European Parliament, Harald Rømer, Deputy Secretary-General of the European Parliament, and Brigitte Stensballe, Director in the European Parliament Secretariat.