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On the 1st of May 2004 ten new countries joined the European Union bring the membership to twenty-five states. This 33 page paper considers who will benefit from the enlargement by looking at the advantages and disadvantages to the exiting and the new member states. The paper starts by examining the original aims and benefits of the EU and then considers the new members. The paper includes consideration of the potential of the new members to join the Euro; the single European currency. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
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33 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEnewEU.rtf
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the Past 26 3.2.3 The Position of the New Members 29 4. Conclusion 33 1. Introduction On May 1st 2004 ten countries joined the existing member states of the
European Union, enlarging the European Union to 25 members. This action was taken by the new members, and encouraged by the existing members due to the perceived benefits of increased
union members. For the individual countries there will have been a cost benefit equation taking place, seeking to ensure that actions taken will benefit themselves in the longer term. In
general terms, the pre enlarged EU, which had fifteen member states; Germany, France, Italy, the UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Luxembourg, see
an enlarged EU ad more able to compete as a single market and associated market forces with the US. This equates to market power and the advantages associated with a
dominant positions. The free trade area is also of benefit when expanding, giving an easier to access market where goods can be sold and labour imported or exported. However,
there have also been concerns over the movement of labour. Most of the EU, with the exception of the UK and Ireland, have not brought down the barriers to
the free movement of labour and are not yet required to as a settling in period exists where changes are made gradually. The fear is that poorer countries will flood
the labour markets with cheaper labour, seeking the equivalent of economic asylum, but gaining it automatically as EU members. The arguments are that the EU was created for many reasons,
one of which was wealth creation not to help heal sick nations. By taking on so many in a single move many see the EU as threatened, especially when it
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