Sunday Herald
"Happy new European Union? Maybe not
By Trevor Royle, Diplomatic Editor
IT'S THAT time of year again. As a new year beckons, so do the diplomatic swings and roundabouts rumble into action. Kofi Annan gives way to Ban Ki-moon in the UN hotseat, Germany takes over the presidency of the European Union, Slovenia embraces the euro as its currency and, most contentiously of all, the EU gains two new member states. Tomorrow, 30 million Bulgarians and Romanians will swell the population of the EU to 492.8 million, as the club extends its membership from 25 to 27 nations and the inexorable move eastwards continues."
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