... a lower risk of war as economic stability usually means less threat of uprisings or coup dretals. An important political advantage is that as the new countries are neighbouring to Russia and Ukraine that means that the EU will get nearer to these two important countries and this is a good way to cooperate with them. (www.tucnak.fsv) Another advantage for the enlargement is that XXXX European Citizens will use the Euro and means that the Euro will become of the strongest currencies all over the world. Even if there are a lot of advantages there are also disadvantages by enlarging the EU. It starts already with the specific problems of the new countries, they have to fulfil the guidelines of the European Union regarding technical, social, political and economic aspects and they have also to manage the convergence criteria of Maastrich (inflation rate no more than 1.5 percentage points above ...

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