Bulgaria and Romania wait their turn

Article analyses Bulgaria's and Romania's preparedness for EU accession after the European Commission announced on 6 October 2004 that negotiations could be concluded by the end of the year.

European Commission: COM(2004) 657 (2004 Strategy Paper on Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=504DC0657

European Commission: Press Release: IP/04/1184 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1184&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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