{"id":595,"date":"2013-02-13T15:14:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T15:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/?page_id=595"},"modified":"2017-06-23T12:09:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T12:09:10","slug":"the-2004-and-2007-enlargements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/learning\/module-5-history-of-the-european-union\/the-2004-and-2007-enlargements\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2004 and 2007 enlargements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4489\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarltv.europa.eu\/programme\/others\/eureka-more-the-merrier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4489\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4489\" src=\"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Capture-3-300x169.png\" alt=\"Click the image above to view the video\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Capture-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Capture-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Capture-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Capture-3.png 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click the image above to view the video<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the biggest challenges that the EU has had to face in the last decade was the accession of 13 new member states, sending the number of EU member states from 15 in 2003 to 27 by 2007 and 28 today, although the number might go back at 27 following the highly likely exit of the UK (however, until that process is officially complete, we still consider the EU to have 28 member states).<\/p>\n<p>The states of the 2004 enlargement:\u00a0Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Cyprus and Malta. \u00a0In 2007, Bulgaria and Romania also joined, and so did Croatia in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2004\/apr\/11\/eu.features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read an article written just before the 2004 enlargement discussing its significance and some of the issues raised<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you think are the biggest challenges surrounding the most recent rounds of EU enlargement?<\/li>\n<li>Why were they so historically significant?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now read this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/euobserver.com\/9\/28049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article\u00a0describing the situation in Europe five years after the 2004 enlargement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What has happened to Europe\u2019s decision making ability?<\/li>\n<li>Have \u2018new\u2019 Europe and \u2018old\u2019 Europe blocs emerged?<\/li>\n<li>According to the article, what has happened to the European \u2018centre of gravity\u2019?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think the EU should enlarge further? 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