2007 enlargement of the European Union

The 2007 enlargement of the European Union joined Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. It happened on 1 January 2007. The Treaty of Accession was signed on April 25, 2005 at Luxembourg, Neumünster Abbey. It was the seventh time the Union accepted new members.

 Membership 
Since 1989, Bulgaria and Romania wanted to be a part of the European Union (EU)Chronology of the Fifth EU Enlargement, Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom and put forward to become members in 1995.Melanie H. Ram, Ph.D., Sub-regional Cooperation and European Integration: Romania’s Delicate Balance

During the 2000s, Bulgaria and Romania made changes, such as improving their democratic system, human rights acts, freedom of speech acts, economy and laws.

References

 Other websites 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
Government of Romania 
Ministry of European Integration 
Gateway to the European Union
Infoeuropa Centre 

Category:European Union
Category:21st century in Bulgaria
Category:2000s in Romania
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