EU hopefuls face new hurdle of 'enlargement fatigue'
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While Bulgaria and Romania were celebrating the European Union's decision to grant them membership next year, other EU hopefuls, including Croatia and Turkey, look likely to suffer from the bloc's growing enlargement fatigue, analysts said.
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Bringing Turkey into the EU over the coming decade will be the toughest enlargement step of all, says the BBC's Chris Morris.
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BRUSSELS -- Since identical twins Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski shot to power in Poland last year, the EU newcomer has become the bloc's enfant terrible -- deepening ties with Washington and displaying Euro-skepticism on everything from the economy to the environment.
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Chicago Tribune - For most Europeans, the recent recommendation of the European Union's executive body to open membership talks with Turkey goes a step too far.
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The small ex-Yugoslav state of Slovenia faces a big Balkan challenge in its six-month EU presidency.
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European Union leaders headed for a  showdown on Thursday over efforts to overhaul the bloc&#39;s  creaking institutions, but chances of agreement appeared to be  rising after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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It was all supposed to be so much simpler. After the nation entered the EU in May, Europeans hoped they would no longer face a jungle of bureaucratic obstacles to living and working in this country.
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European Union leaders will seek at a  summit starting Thursday to reassure skeptical voters by  toughening policy on further enlargement of the bloc while  leaving the door ajar for a queue of aspiring nations.
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European Union leaders open a two-day meeting later Thursday deeply divided over calls for tougher measures to fight global change.Comment
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has voiced hope Thursday that the EU can turn a page on recent institutional wrangling, but his failure to sign a new treaty with EU allies renewed charges of euroskepticism.
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BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders toughened their tone toward aspiring new members yesterday , at the start of a summit designed to reassure wary voters while keeping the door ajar to countries queuing to join.
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Â· East Europeans 'pose integration challenge'Â· Councils urged to rethink strategies on diversity
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European Union leaders seeking to reassure voters about plans to enlarge the bloc remained far from united on Friday about the future shape of the union, set to grow to 27 members when Bulgaria and Romania join on January 1.
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The enlargement of the European Union from 15 to 25 member-states with nine new languages has created a kind of linguistic big bang in Brussels, with new headaches for intepreters.
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BRUSSELS Signs of strains emerged Thursday over a European Union offer to start EU entry talks with Turkey, with the dispute centered on a pledge to start the negotiations &quot;without delay&quot; if a December summit meeting gives the approval.
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The European Union's bid to become the world's most competitive economy will remain a distant vision so long as its 25 member states undertake reforms at a &quot;snail's pace&quot;, a top business leader was to warn.
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Though European leaders are about to sign a new treaty, the event has been dubbed a diplomatic vanity trip and an environmental extravagance