Bulgaria and Romania to join EU in 2007
Two candidate countries, Bulgaria and Romania, are on track to join the European Union in 2007 despite some slow reforms. EU leaders can delay accession but have indicated that they wish to start ratification procedures as soon as possible. EU state number 26 and 27 are eager to join.
“A final decision on when exactly Romania and Bulgaria will join the bloc rests with EU leaders, expected to deliver their verdict at a summit in June. Sofia and Bucharest signed agreements in Luxembourg last year to join the EU, but their entry can be postponed if they are judged to be too slow in making reforms. Enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn is expected to give MEPs in the foreign affairs committee a preliminary indication of Bulgaria and Romania’s readiness on Monday evening. According to the Financial Times, Martin Schulz, the leader of the Socialist group in the European Parliament, said a delay of Bulgaria and Romania’s entry to the EU would unleash nationalism and populism in the two countries. ”
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Administrator @ April 3, 2006