Does anyone really think that Bulgaria and Romania will join UE in 2007 ?
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We'll see. Very much depends on public opinion, and whether they might certain requirements before long. Consumerism's all good and well, but you also need money to spend.\n\nThey're going to make it, no doubt about that, but perhaps not in 2007.
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România /ro.mɨ'ni.a/) is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine and Moldova in the northeast; Hungary and Serbia and Montenegro in the west and Bulgaria to the south along the Danube River. Romania has a stretch of sea coast on the Black Sea and the eastern and southern Carpathian mountains run through its centre. Romania has been a member of NATO since 2004, and is also an acceding country to the European Union. The EU Accession Treaty was signed in early 2005, and Romania is due to join the Union on January 1, 2007.
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no matter what the problem with bullimia didnt they join the EU last year or was that estonia or lithuania?
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No, I´ve never believed in the future of European Union.\nReasons:\n* there are far too many countries in the E.U.\n* these countries are very different (history, values, rich/poor) - so it is very difficult to find compromises\n* every country wants to keep its identity \n* why no common constitution? people in e.g. Slovakia have different needs, problems, et cetera as people e.g. in England\n* people in western europe think the criminality would increase by taking countries like Bulgaria (where even the police drives with stolen cars)\n* people are afraid of taking a country like Turkey into the E.U. (very large country, very many people, very many poor people - richer countries would pay more, borders to countries like Iraq, Iran)\n* farmers in Middle European countries will "die out", because the prizes for agricultural goods decrease (competition with "cheap" countries in Eastern Europe)\n* there are countries which have to "pay" and countries which "get" money. People in the paying countries don´t understand why the should pay for another country
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ROMANIAN  Eu te plac\nRUSSIAN     Ti mne nrvishsia
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They might - they are certainly very closely connected economically and politically.  The problem is Lukashenka.  He was all for unification when he thought that it would mean he would get a position of real power in the new expanded Russia/Belarus.  Once it became apparent that he would not, and instead would be lucky to be governor of the new Belorussian region or a member of the Duma (Russian parliament), he lost interest and would now actively oppose such a measure (the same things happened when the Moldovan leadership considered joining Romania.  The stronger country never wants to give the rulers of the weaker country a “promotion” to leadership of both).
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Germany would be my guess as well.  Perhaps one of the small ones like Luxembourg or Belgium.
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US:     298,444,215 (estimate, July 2006)\nEU:     456,953,258 (estimate, July 2006)\nEurope: 525,009,790 (estimate, July 2006)\n\nNote that the EU is not quite the same as Europe, hence the different figure.  You need to add in the non-EU states and dependencies, which are: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, Croatia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Isle of Man, Lichtenstein, Macedonia, Monaco, Norway, Romania, San Marino, Serbia & Montenegro, Switzerland and Vatican City.\n\nArguably, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine and parts of Turkey are geographically European as well, but they're not politically at the moment so I haven't included them.
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U are asking if Romania should join the EU?Yes,they should,they made progresses this past year,so they deserve it.
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That depends on a lot of things. Would you rather be Canadian or European? When will Romania join the EU, and how will it benefit you and your family? What does your wife want? Is there extended family, particularly future grandparents, involved? You have to do what is right for you, not what total strangers suggest.
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I'd say it is highly unlikely. You would need the 16 component nations to join together. You would need them all to have Communist Governments and for all their leaders to perceive their interests as being best reflected in a new Federation. Thirdly, you would need Russia to be a great power and I don't foresee that happening for a whole range of reasons.
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Having worked closely with the Moldovans at the UN I can see unequivocally they are VERY independent of the Russians and much more closely aligned to the Romanians.  They share the same buildings in New York and the same living quarters and often vote against the Russians in matters at the UN.  Regarding physical and consumer needs it takes time for  a country to be weaned from the mother country.  The United States imported almost everything from The Netherlands and Great Britain from the 1650's until the Revolutionary War.  It is unrealistic to expect a country of a few million people to cut all ties with its superpower host immediately especially when it has no natural resources of its own and needs energy from Russia.  It will take time for Moldova to find its way but they are looking and Kishinev is very independent.
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Yes! im from Bulgaria! Bulgaria is a country in east Europe near by the Black Sea, Romania, Sarbia, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey. Its a very beautiful country and i love it :)\n\nsalman786usa, didnt answer good because we are in NATO, but we are NOT still in EU, we will be in January 2007.\n\nand yes we were in the loosing side in the both wars, but we won all the battles and we are the only country in the history that won all the battles, but losed the war! :(
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Bulgaria lies in the continent of Europe.
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Hi, \n\nAs we know Moldova, \n\nWas originally a part of Romania (Bessarabia)\n\nI believe it would be much better if it united...\n\nThanks!!
172005
Theoretically, though they haven't actually broken ground on a permanent base here yet.  As an American (and ex-soldier) living here in Romania, I wouldn't wish this country on anyone.  The government here is hopelessly corrupt and a majority of the small business contractors that the US Army would come to employ are for the most part outright thieves or incompetents or both.  I was on 3 deployments here with a logistics unit when I was in the Army, and the shenanigans the local officials and contractors perpetuated seeing us as simply a cash cow to be milked were absolutely ridiculous.\n\nOn the other hand, a nice revenge would be to see 10,000 US soldiers unleashed into their nearby cities, drinking them dry, baby-trailing them, and beating the crap out of pickpockets and minor scam artists that haven't seen what an American that feels ripped-off can do.
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In the developed half of Europe it would have to be the UK or Germany.  Don't forget there is a whole region in Eastern Europe that is growing much faster because it is either about to join the EU or has just joined.  The Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary are all doing well.  If you want something even more risky have a look at the Baltic Republics (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia).  They have some of the highest growth rates in the world.