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“the picture for the EU is quite terrible. Bulgaria ranks lowest of the EU 27 – 68th place, below… El Salvador, Uruguay, Barbados, Tunisia, Egypt and Costa Rica” – what IS Bulgaria doing in the EU?
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The vote’s already been delayed once… The Slovak government needs a 3/5ths majority (on a quorum, I believe) to pass the treaty – and the opposition are threatening to abstain en masse. Which would mean no ratification.
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Interview with EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner on what the EU’s plans are for the strategically vital – yet decidedly dodgy – Central Asian region. Read between the lines, there’s some interesting clues.
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Finally – the official consolidated treaty will be available from 15th April. This post from GrahLaw provides handy links to a bunch of other existing versions in various languages.
“what IS Bulgaria doing in the EU?”
And since it is, can we also bring in Barbados?
The Greece ranking is the worst, though: in theory, EU membership should help improve knowledge economy things in the ruined ex-communist places (both skills and infrastructure) and you’d expect them to start off low – but the Greeks are still nowhere despite 25+ years in the club…
Who needs Barbados? We have Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion in the EU already, and they are very pleasant – so I’ve heard.
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