Expanding the European Union

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Expanding the European Union
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The E.U. Today

• 15 members
• Population 377 million (2000)
• (Expansion will add an additional 170 million
  people)
• GDP 8.1 trillion U.S.
• (Expansion will add an additional 500 billion
  U.S.)

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The EU How do you join?

• The current members have pledged that all central
  and eastern European nations that want to join
  can join. The question is not if, but when?

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The Candidates

• 13 nations have applied for membership

Turkey Bulgaria Romania Cyprus Malta Poland Czech
Republic
Slovakia Slovenia Hungary Estonia Latvia Lithuania
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The Requirements Substantive

• Stable institutions guaranteeing democracy, the
  rule of law, human rights, and protection of
  minorities.
• A functioning market economy that can cope with
  competitive pressure and market forces within the
  EU

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Substantive Requirements (2)

• Adherence to the aims of political, economic, and
  monetary union.
• Adjust administrative and judicial structures, so
  that EU legislation can be implemented
  effectively.

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Procedural Requirements

• Each year the EU evaluates the progress made by
  each candidate
• When sufficient progress has been made by a
  country, the E.U. opens negotiations with that
  country
• Each candidate must then explain how it will
  implement the acquis comunitaire
• Once an agreement is reached with a candidate,
  each current member of the E.U. must then approve
  membership

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Expansion When?

• Negotiations with 10 candidates will finish by
  the end of this year.
• Candidates to join by mid-2004, in time for
  Parliamentary elections.

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Expansion When?

• The 10 nations scheduled to join in 2004

• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Estonia
• Hungary
• Latvia

• Lithuania
• Malta
• Poland
• Slovakia
• Slovenia

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Expansion When?

• 2 more nations are expected to finish
  negotiations no earlier than 2007, and join no
  sooner than 2009
• Bulgaria
• Romania

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Expansion When?

• Turkey, the 13th candidate, will be lucky to join
  within the next 20 years, despite the fact that
  it was the first nation to apply for membership
  out of the 13 current candidates.

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Expansion(from 3 different perspectives)
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Perspective 1 CandidatesPerspective 2 Current
MembersPerspective 3 Global Perspective
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