So Bulgaria and Romania are joining this merry little club

[Proinsias]

So Bulgaria and Romania are joining this merry little club

So what do people think about Romania and Bulgaria joining the EU? Looks like it's going to go ahead next year.

 

[jungle]

I'd have held off for another year or two. Romania has too many minority rights problems and Bulgaria needs to get its legal system sorted out and crack down on people smuggling and organised crime.

I don't expect mass immigration from either of them though. Romanians are more likely to go to other Latin countries. There aren't that many Bulgarians and they are so poor, they'll get recruited to replace all the Poles that have left...

 

[macuísle]

No happy at all actually. Both of these countries are far too unstable in every element to allow a free for all but then this is not about democracy but making corporate EU richer.

 

[Proinsias]

I'd have held off for another year or two. Romania has too many minority rights problems and Bulgaria needs to get its legal system sorted out and crack down on people smuggling and organised crime.

I don't expect mass immigration from either of them though. Romanians are more likely to go to other Latin countries. There aren't that many Bulgarians and they are so poor, they'll get recruited to replace all the Poles that have left...

But wouldn't holding off entry to the EU have alienated the bulgarian and Romanian people?

 

[Charlie Ville]

But wouldn't holding off entry to the EU have alienated the bulgarian and Romanian people?

The current thinking is that by allowing them entry will in turn help them get their act together.

And I heard that Bertie said the open door work policy will not apply to these 2 new countries.

 

[Proinsias]

The current thinking is that by allowing them entry will in turn help them get their act together.

And I heard that Bertie said the open door work policy will not apply to these 2 new countries.

Here's an interest ripostre from the EU itself against the critics of enlargement, of which there are many.
http://ec.europa.eu/comm/enlargement/faq/myths_en.htm

 

[diamond_dog]

Great i can't wait to the legions of Gypsey beggars. You know you never really can have enough Big Issue sellers.

 

[Russell Jones]

Romanians are more likely to go to other Latin countries.

They're not going to be allowed work in Latin countries. Ireland, UK and Sweden(I think) are the only countries that have allowed new members state citizens full access to their labour markets, as yet.

 

[Brad]

What do yee think about buying property in Bulgaria?Mate of mine is buying appartment in summer in Sofia by the beach.

 

[Actin The Sham]

They're not going to be allowed work in Latin countries. Ireland, UK and Sweden(I think) are the only countries that have allowed new members state citizens full access to their labour markets, as yet.

What about Finland, Greece, and Spain?