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The European Union's foreign ministers met at Luxembourg at the October the 25th and 26th to discuss enlarging their club. The European Commission proposed to open talks next year with the five Countries: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Estonia, as well as Cyprus. But there are many other countries like Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria which want to join as well. Some of these countries were considered to be beyond the pale. That is why the EU promised an annual review to see if each country is fit to begin negotiations. These countries should have the chance to catch up with the front runners but nobody knows if that is possible. However that is not the only problem. Cyprus the devided island is the next big problem. That is because the Greeks donīt want that other countries join the EU before the negotiation of the island have begun. Turkey applied several times. Due to the human rights record and the treatment of the Kurdish minority in Turkey were the entry talks put off for years. That is the difficult situation of the Enlargement of the EU. | |||
