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On 2004 May 1, ten new countries joined the European
Union: Malta, Cyprus, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
In 2007 January 1, Romania and Bulgaria also
joined. Significantly, the last ten countries were, during the Cold
War, under Communist rule, and six were part of countries that
collapsed after those dictatorships ended: Slovenia was part of
Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia were part of
Czechoslovakia and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were part of the
Soviet Union itself.
With the entry of these new countries in the European Union, the
division of Europe that arose with Wold War II and was maintained with the Cold
War is finally over. And that deserves a celebration!
A total of 27 European countries had decided to join the European Union at the
end of 2007.
