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Article: Brussels beckons; Romania and the European Union.(The next EU enlargement looms)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2004
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Waiting for bread from Brussels
Despite its misgivings, the European Union is preparing to admit Romania
CORE Europe, meet poor Europe. Romania and Bulgaria look ever more likely to join the European Union in 2007, after being left out of this year's enlargement because they were too slow over political and economic reforms. Bulgaria's entry is the more assured, following the good marks it won in the European Commission's progress report last month. The Bulgarians now hope that next month's EU summit will fix a date for signing their accession treaty early next year.
Romania's progress has been wobblier. Unlike Bulgaria, it has yet to finish ...