Europe Grows; Translation Watch

EU Expansion

found this convenient summary of the introduce situation regarding enlargement of the European Union.

Above right: The European Union Commission's proposal for an enlarged Europe. Forthcoming accession zones are coloured pink, orange, navy, yellow, teal in addition to grey.

Presenting the enlargement strategy Olli Rehn, Commissioner for enlargement (left) said:

“A carefully managed enlargement procedure is i of the EU’s almost powerful in addition to almost successful policy tools. The line of the European Union helps the democratic in addition to economical transformation of countries. All European citizens produce goodness from having neighbours that are stable democracies in addition to prosperous marketplace economies. The European Union cannot abandon its responsibilities. But the measurement of enlargement also has to accept into consideration the EU’s absorption capacity”.

The European Union must stay rigorous inwards demanding fulfilment of its criteria, but fair inwards duly rewarding progress. Aspirant countries tin solely proceed from i stage of the procedure to the adjacent i time they induce got met the atmospheric condition for that stage. The Commission volition assist the countries in addition to monitor their progress.

The EU’s relations alongside Croatia and Turkey entered into a novel stage on 3 October, when accession negotiations were opened. Negotiations volition live on based on the country’s ain merits in addition to their measurement volition depend on the country's progress inwards coming together the requirements for membership.

For the other countries of the Western Balkans, the Commission proposes a route map for realising their European perspectives, setting out the stages in addition to atmospheric condition attached to each stage. Establishing a Stabilisation in addition to Association Agreement (SAA) alongside the European Union is a key measurement inwards this process. Albania has made sufficient overall progress to works life implementation capacity, paving the agency for terminal negotiations on such an agreement. Serbia in addition to Montenegro have simply opened SAA negotiations, in addition to Bosnia in addition to Herzegovina will produce in addition to thence shortly.

A country’s satisfactory track-record inwards implementing its SAA obligations (including the application of its trade-related provisions inwards the class of an Interim Agreement) volition live on an essential chemical factor for the European Union to regard whatever membership application. Based on a Commission opinion, the European Union may grant a province the status of candidate. The Commission recommends that the Council grants the status of candidate province to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Candidate status is a political recognition of a closer human relationship alongside the EU, but it does non automatically hateful that a province tin offset negotiations for European Union membership. To produce so, the province needs to gain a sufficient grade of full general compliance alongside the membership criteria. In particular, the province needs to come across the political criteria, including total co-operation alongside the International Tribunal for the erstwhile Yugoslavia where relevant.

Kosovo's further progress towards the European Union is also move of the enlargement strategy. European integration is essential to attain a sustainable small town on the status of Kosovo that reinforces the safety in addition to stability of the region.

reminds readers from exterior Europe that (i) Serbia in addition to Montenegro is currently i jurisdiction but 2 assort republics; (ii) Republic of Bosnia in addition to Herzegovina is a unmarried state, housing 3 peoples (Serbs, Croats in addition to Bosniaks) in addition to divided into 2 administrative regions; (iii) the FYR of Republic of Macedonia is probable to live on confused alongside the Republic of Macedonia which has remained inside Hellenic Republic in addition to (iv) Kosovo is non yet a country, since it's nevertheless a province of Serbia, but the bulk of its population originates from (v) Albania. No wonder nosotros all larn confused.

Merpel adds, the existent argue for this post service is to remind readers that pan-EU rights such every bit the Community merchandise score in addition to Community blueprint are gear upwards for farther expansion, every bit is the expanse inside which Fortress Europe volition do internal exhaustion of IP rights but exterior of which it volition perish on to fend off imports of fifty-fifty genuine goods if they lack the IP owner's authorisation.


Translation watch

There's nevertheless no sign of an official English linguistic communication translation of the French-only text of the European Court of Human Rights ruling of xi Oct inwards the electrical load brought past times Anheuser-Busch against Portugal. says cheers to all his readers who induce got sent brief notes in addition to summaries of the conclusion - but what he wants is zip brusk of the full judgment, made patently in addition to available to all English-speakers.