Introduction to EU enlargement.
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Introduction to EU enlargement After growing from 6 to 15 members, the next wave of EU enlargement is around the corner. The EU has agreed to admit 10 new members from the central Europe and Mediterranean who meet the political criteria - stable democracy, respect for human rights, protection to minority, and the rules of law. As full market economies, they will implement all the EU's common rules and policies. After ratification of their accession treaty they will join in the EU in 2004. Meanwhile three other candidates still endeavour to pursue their membership of EU. In the map, we can see all the countries that can be in the enlargement of European Union. The 10 candidates are Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Malta, and Cyprus. Romania and Bulgaria are in the stage of negotiation. Turkey has already been accepted as an candidate, and its membership negotiation...

