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	European Union - Enlargement
		The wave of enlargement that began in 2004 is one of the most important developments for the European Union in the 21st century, helping complete the historic task of furthering the integration of the continent by peaceful means, extending a zone of stability and prosperity to new members.
		The European Union welcomed ten new Member States on 1 May, 2004, including three former Soviet republics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), four former satellites of the USSR (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia), a former Yugoslav republic (Slovenia) and two Mediterranean islands (Cyprus and Malta).
		The 2004 enlargement expanded the frontiers of the EU, increased its population and its national income and raised its cultural, historical and economic diversity.
	jpn.cec.eu.int /union/showpage_en_union.enlargement.php (714 words)

	Enlargement of the European Union - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Whether a country is European or not is a subject to political assessment by the EU institutions, but countries in the Council of Europe that fall onto the border (between Europe and Asia) all have a significant claim for EU membership (as shown with the accession of geographically Asian Cyprus).
		Norway is also a member of the European Economic Area (the EU common market), the Schengen treaty and an associate member of the Western European Union as well as other areas normally considered as under the EU umbrella of treaties and agreements.
		On January 13, 2005 the European Parliament almost unanimously (467 votes to 19 in favour) passed a motion stating the wish of the European Parliament to establish closer ties with Ukraine with the possibility of EU membership.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Enlargement_of_the_European_Union (6958 words)

	Enlargement of the European Union
		In the context of enlargement, it is surely more democratic to allow the candidate members to put forward their views at the convention, which they are being allowed to do, instead of altering the existing structures at the very time that the admission of the candidate countries is being negotiated.
		Enlargement is irreversible because of the political commitments given by the current member states to the candidate countries.
		The draft treaty on European Union, adopted in 1984 by the European Parliament at the behest of Mr.
	www.irlgov.ie /committees-02/c-europeanaffairs/r020501/Page1.htm (16567 words)

	Agriculture and enlargement of the European Union
		The Assembly considers that the European Union's most recent proposals for rural areas in the future European Union member states fail to afford sufficient guarantees of sustainable growth that would enable these states to modernise their farming sectors and develop new, non-agricultural activities in rural areas, while respecting the environment and biodiversity.
		The perspective of European Union accession has been and still is an unquestioned motivation for carrying out in future member states several restructuring processes in the fields of law, institution building, branch restructuring and food quality.
		European Union membership will lead to a substantial change in the support and regulatory system within which Estonian agriculture is presently operating, as the principles of the CAP will also apply to the future member states.
	assembly.coe.int /Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc03/EDOC9812.htm (5678 words)

	European Union Enlargement and the Transatlantic Relationship
		That process is itself a consequence of enlargement, addressing the logical concerns that the political institutions of an EU extended to twenty-five would come to a grinding halt, and aimed at keeping the process of European unity resolutely on the path to a "sui generis" federation of nation-states.
		With entry into the EU, the ten new members will be represented in all the European institutions through Commissioners at the European Commission, directly elected Members of the European Parliament and their governments will have seats and votes in the European Council of Ministers, the ultimate decision-making body of the EU.
		Beyond the 1 May enlargement to twenty-five members, negotiations are continuing with Romania and Bulgaria with a view to these countries joining in 2007.
	www.eurunion.org /News/speeches/2004/040311gb.htm (3273 words)

	EUROPA - Activities of the European Union - Enlargement
		EUROPA - Activities of the European Union - Enlargement
		General Report on the Activities of the European Union
		Opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee
	europa.eu /pol/enlarg/index_en.htm (174 words)

	Enlargement of the European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This contains past and future enlargements to the EU 9 May 1950 — French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presents his proposal of a united Europe, known as the Schuman declaration, which is considered to be the beginning of what is now the European Union.
		On November 9, 2005, the European Commission has in a new strategy paper suggested that the current enlargement agenda (Romania and Bulgaria in 2007 and Croatia around 2010 followed by Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina by 2015) could block the possibility of a future accession of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.
		Officially, the whole island is part of the European Union, under the de jure sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus, Turkish Cypriots are citizens of the European Union and were entitled to vote at European Parliament election 2004 (though only a few hundred registered).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enlargement_of_the_European_Union (7766 words)

	Enlargement of the European Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-18)
		This reform is a prerequisite to the enlargement of the European Union beyond the fifteen member states.
		The purpose is to improve the construction and development of the European Union: weaknesses that have shown up since the Treaty on European Union went into effect in November 1993, reform of institutions, conditions for extension of membership to other countries...
		In 1994, the European Council began preparing this membership by initiating an ongoing, structured dialogue between member-state governments and those of the Central and eastern European countries.
	www.franceway.com /w3/Histoire/europe/Enlargement.html (522 words)

	Historical Archives of the European Union / CVCE - WWW-VL European Integration History - Enlargements of the European ...
		The information on the enlargement that may be found under the main headings on the left were drafted during the Danish EU Presidency.
		European Central Bank-EU enlargement and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU): Frequently Asked Questions about the enlargement of the European Union and its implications for the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
		European Neighbourhood Policy: The ENP's objective is to share the benefits of the EU's 2004 enlargement with neighbouring countries in strengthening stability, security and well-being for all concerned.
	vlib.iue.it /hist-eur-integration/EnlargementsEC.html (835 words)

	EUguides - European Union Enlargement - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-18)
		The entry of eight central and eastern European countries together with Cyprus and Malta into the European Union on 1 May 2004 was a historic achievement, ending centuries of division.
		In the meantime, the European Union, as it is now known, had created a single market and a single currency and had expanded its economic and social agenda to foreign and security policy as well.
		The Union is providing considerable assistance, both material and in terms of technical support and advice, to bring border controls in the new member states up to EU standards.
	www.eubusiness.com /guides/enlargement (1136 words)

	European Commission - Enlargement - Home Page
		Enlargement is one of the EU’s most powerful policy tools.
		All European citizens benefit from having neighbours that are stable democracies and prosperous market economies.
		Enlargement is a carefully managed process which helps the transformation of the countries involved, extending peace, stability, prosperity, democracy, human rights and the rule of law across Europe.
	ec.europa.eu /enlargement/index_en.htm (446 words)

	CH-EU - European Union - Enlargement of the European Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-18)
		The Luxembourg European Council announced the forthcoming accession negotiations in December 1997, and in March 1998 talks began with an initial group of six countries: Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia (formerly known as the Luxembourg group).
		The timetable for enlargement was finalised at the Gothenburg European Council of June 2001: the Union would complete the accession negotiations with the duly prepared candidate countries by the end of 2002, thus enabling them to take part in the 2004 European Parliament elections.
		It submitted a draft EU constitution to the Thessaloniki European Council of June 2003; this will now be discussed by EU heads of state and government at an intergovernmental conference in Rome beginning in October 2003 and ending before the next European Parliament elections on 15 June 2004.
	www.europa.admin.ch /eu/info_mat/dossiers/e/erweiterung.htm (1533 words)

	The European Union and Its Constitution: European Enlargement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-18)
		This enlargement allows fascinating possibilities for the European Union: for the first time, it can be viewed as an organization that truly includes citizens and countries from much of the entire continent of Europe.
		The enlargement should also serve to increase the role of the EU in world affairs, especially when international security and trade policies are being revised.
		By the mid-1990s the central and eastern European nations that jointed the EU in 2004 were given favorable trade treaties by the organization and were given preferential access to EU markets for many of their exports.
	www.yale.edu /ycias/pier/resources/lessons/european_enlargement.htm (829 words)

	EU Enlargement Information Campain
		The fifth phase of EU enlargement offers the unique opportunity of ending the artificial divide which has split the European continent in two for over half a century.
		FOCUS ON "Focus on" is a special session dedicated to in-depth knowledge of the state of enlargement, the acceding countries and the future perspectives of the EU of 25 member states.
		Starting with the current situation of enlargement, our focus will change from time to time, in order to address, in turn, all the ten countries, which will join the European Union.
	www.european-movement.org /enlargement (469 words)

	LFMI: Articles, Papers The Enlargement of the European Union: The impact of joining the Single Market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-18)
		The enlargement is based on the more or less consistently applied rule which states that the candidate countries have to transpose and enforce the norms and principles which are applied in the EU.
		The liberalization of trade with the EU together with general external liberalization undertaken by the Central and Eastern European countries in the beginning of the 1990s proved to be a major factor in creating conditions for economic recovery and growth.
		Although the EU enlargement and the implementation of the Lisbon goals (to make the EU the most competitive economy in the world) are often discussed separately, it could be stated that the successful handling of the enlargement would produce a significant push for the achievement of Lisbon goals.
	www.freema.org /Articles/Enlarge.phtml (2387 words)

	European Institute
		Over a year after the accession of ten new member states to the European Union in May 2004, the economic repercussions of this development are still being felt both in Europe and the United States.
		Participants representing European governments and the U.S. government, as well as representatives of the private sector from both sides of the Atlantic, discussed the economic benefits and problems for new and old EU member states resulting from enlargement, and the implications for U.S. businesses.
		The increase in economic disparity between different regions within the EU was explored, as well as a change in the focus of EU policies, for example, shifting emphasis in the common agricultural policy from maintaining financial stability within the original 15 member states, to modernizing agriculture in the new member states.
	www.europeaninstitute.org /content.php?section=enlargement (1052 words)

	History of the European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By the end of the war, a new impetus for the founding of (what was later to become) the European Union was the desire to rebuild Europe after the disastrous events of World War II, and to prevent Europe from ever again falling victim to the scourge of war.
		The European Union grew out of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), which was founded in 1951, by the six founding members: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (the Benelux countries) and West Germany, France and Italy.
		On the side of the European Union it was partly motivated by a desire to reunite Europe after the end of the Cold War, and an effort to tie Eastern Europe firmly to the West in order to prevent it falling again into communism or dictatorship (other than the EU itself, of course).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_European_Union (4223 words)

	ECRE Position Papers - The enlargement of the European Union in relation to asylum
		The enlargement process as a whole is overly focused on control of illegal migration and deterring abusive claimants from asylum procedures.
		ECRE observes that the European Union’s strength of negotiating position may lead to rapid adoption of standards by the Associated States without the related development of institutional and infra-structural capacity needed to implement those standards.
		ECRE calls for the European Union enlargement negotiations relating to asylum and immigration, including the negotiation of technical and financial assistance programmes between EU States and the Associated States, to be conducted with a far greater degree of transparency.
	www.ecre.org /positions/eu.shtml (4707 words)

	EUobserver.com
		Ukraine president Viktor Yushchenko continued to hammer on enlargement as the EU-Ukraine meeting in Helsinki drew to a close on Friday afternoon, but got zero political commitment in return.
		European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has postponed the confirmation of Romania's surprise nominee to join his team, with socialist MEPs warning they would be "tough" in screening the candidate they say is known for being "on the payroll of big economic tycoons."
		EU commissioner Guenter Verheugen's outburst against the bureaucrats that serve him are still causing ripples of discontent in the Brussels executive with employee representatives calling on his colleagues to distance themselves from his comments.
	www.euobserver.com (847 words)

	Enlargement and the Finality of European Integration
		The major reason behind Joschka Fischer's argument for deepening European integration is the forthcoming eastward enlargement of the European Union.
		I will try to show that a political federation within an enlarged Union is no longer possible, while the creation of a core group is set to undo the basic rationale for enlargement.
		Enlargement will greatly enhance the diversity within the Union and result in an ever greater disjunction between the EU's geographic and functional boundaries.
	jeanmonnetprogram.org /papers/00/00f0801.html (689 words)

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