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| Romania and Bulgaria join the European Union |
| 2007-01-01 |
| Blue-and-gold EU flags fluttered and fireworks thundered in Romania and Bulgaria at midnight, as the two Balkan nations became the latest countries to join the European Union. "It was hard, but we arrived at the end of the road. It is the road of our future. It is the road of our joy," Romanian President Traian Basescu said, prompting cheers from a crowd of tens of thousands of revelers packed into University Square. "We arrived in Europe. Welcome to Europe," Basescu said from a stage, where he was joined by EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn and government ministers. Foreign ministers of Germany, Denmark, Austria and Hungary, also attending, wished Romanian citizens a Happy New Year. Officials were flying later Monday to Bulgaria for celebrations there. Romania and Bulgaria bring 30 million new members to the union, and expand the number of member nations in the bloc to 27. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Back door, hell, #5 Ex - the EUros have already welcomed the See, e.g., Phrance, |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-01 12:39 |
| #5 Anyone taking bets on how many months before they figure out they have welcomed the Ottoman Empire in through the back door? |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-01 11:57 |
| #4 Wrong 'enlargement', davemac... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-01-01 11:56 |
| #3 "EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn" Nice gig. I'd like to be the guy who has verify breast implants too. |
| Posted by: davemac 2007-01-01 10:43 |
| #2 Back in the EUSSR. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-01-01 08:34 |
| #1 "Romania and Bulgaria join the European Union" Geez, after all those years in slavery to the Soviets, you get a few years of freedom and then what do you do? Sell yourselves into slavery again. GFL. You're gonna need it. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-01 00:28 |