Comments on: links for 2008-04-10 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-10/ In search of a European identity Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Why is Bulgaria in the EU again? | Nosemonkey’s EUtopia http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-10/comment-page-1/#comment-54657 Why is Bulgaria in the EU again? | Nosemonkey’s EUtopia Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:26:50 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=1758#comment-54657 [...] a question I’ve asked before, not least when the backwards Balkan oddity first joined. And now, finally, the EU powers that be [...] [...] a question I’ve asked before, not least when the backwards Balkan oddity first joined. And now, finally, the EU powers that be [...]

]]> By: Le Croche-Pied » Blog Archive » Liens du 11 avril http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-10/comment-page-1/#comment-52810 Le Croche-Pied » Blog Archive » Liens du 11 avril Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:26:41 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=1758#comment-52810 [...] Nosemonkey réagissant au post de Jon: “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?” [...] [...] Nosemonkey réagissant au post de Jon: “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?” [...]

]]> By: Jon Worth http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-10/comment-page-1/#comment-52805 Jon Worth Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=1758#comment-52805 Who needs Barbados? We have Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion in the EU already, and they are very pleasant - so I've heard. Who needs Barbados? We have Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion in the EU already, and they are very pleasant – so I’ve heard.

]]> By: john b http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2008/04/links-for-2008-04-10/comment-page-1/#comment-52804 john b Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:33:01 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=1758#comment-52804 "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... “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…

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