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5/17/06

SPIEGEL ONLINE: EU's Expanding Borders: Romania Is In. But Is the Country Ready? - by Oliver Bilger

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EU's Expanding Borders: Romania Is In. But Is the Country Ready? - by Oliver Bilger

On Tuesday the waiting finally ended. EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn and the European Commission said on Tuesday that both Romania and Bulgaria are on track to join the EU in January 2007. In the weeks leading up to the decision, it had hardly looked like a sure thing. Rehn had busy evaluated whether the government in Bucharest had pushed through the necessary reforms. He paid particular attention to the country's battle against corruption and the reform of the judiciary.

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