Re: Eight countries are waiting to join the European Union.



On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 18:59:16 +0200, "Alan \(in Brussels\)"
<alanfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Casey" <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de
>news:BhS%e.2195$4h2.1240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Bulgaria and Romania have signed accession treaties and are set to
>> > join in 2007 or 2008.
>>
>> This another thing that would tick me off if I were living in one of the
>> EU countries. The deal wasn't, as one would expect using common
>> sense, that B&R can join once they have met certain objective
>> criteria. The deal was that these countries can join in 2007 if they
>> have met the criteria, but they can join in 2008 no matter what, and
>> this is typical politician nonsense.
>>
>ISTM that these countries want to join the EU because in due course that
>gives their businesses better access to potential markets,

ITYM as the only way to avoid gross protectionism and fleecing of the
poor world to the benefit of the European rich?

Jim.
.



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