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| WHAT THE ENLARGEMENT
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The enlargement does not only benefit the candidate countries.
The current EU Member States will also benefit from it. The
principal gain is that our part of the world will become a
safer place to live. Most people want to live in a place without
wars and conflicts. The civil war in Yugoslavia is a frightening
example of how disastrously things can go wrong when countries
try to solve conflicts by violence instead of through dialogue.
The major upheavals in Central and Eastern Europe revealed
that the countries had weak democratic institutions, minority
problems and unresolved border issues. There was therefore
a risk of instability and conflicts. The prospect of EU membership
and the organisation of the enlargement process have helped
ensure that the countries have developed into stable democracies.
In a global world, security can no longer be regarded as merely
a matter of the absence of war. Today security is equally
a matter of human rights and democracy, employment, welfare
and environment. The fight against terrorism, drug trafficking
and cross-border crime are problems that affect all of Europe,
making it necessary to find common European solutions. The
enlargement is thus an important element in the EU’s
attempt to solve the common problems.
The economic benefit of the enlargement is a natural result
of the fact that the internal market is going to be enlarged.
Through their EU membership, the candidate countries will
achieve a higher level of prosperity, which will make it easier
for them to develop the welfare societies they want. Increased
welfare will result in better conditions for the trade between
the current EU Member States and the Central and Eastern European
countries. Investments will also become easier. In other words
increased trade is a win-win situation.
The enlargement process has also made it easier to travel
around Central and Eastern Europe. Visa controls between the
EU and the candidate countries have already been eliminated.
After the enlargement, it will become easier to settle in
Central and Eastern Europe, provided that people have work
or are otherwise able to support themselves. Through the EU
education programmes, it will also be possible to study, for
instance, in Krakow or Prague in the same way as in London
or Paris today.
Links |
| European Commission Enlargement |
http://www.europa.eu |
| European Commission Reports |
http://www.europa.eu |
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