In the Neighborhood of the Camp Kistarcsa 2012 The new member states of the European Union and possibilities for the expansion (workshop) Presented by the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation

In the Neighborhood of the Camp Kistarcsa 2012 Map of the current EU members

In the Neighborhood of the Camp Kistarcsa 2012 The inner six & the beginning of the expansion Since 1952 Belgium France West Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Since 1973 Denmark Ireland United Kingdom Since 1981 Greece Since 1986 Portugal Spain

In the Neighborhood of the Camp Kistarcsa 2012 The new member states Since 1995 Austria Finland Sweden Since 2004 Cyprus Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Malta Poland Slovakia Slovenia

In the Neighborhood of the Camp Kistarcsa 2012 The newest member states In 2007 two countries joined the EU: Bulgaria Romania

In the Neighborhood of the Camp Kistarcsa 2012 Candidate countries Croatia Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Iceland Montenegro Serbia Turkey

In the Neighborhood of the Camp Kistarcsa 2012 Topics for discussion Do you see any differences (positive or negative) in your country since it joined the EU? Do you think the situation in your country would’ve been better if didn’t join the EU? Which of the candidate countries should be allowed to join the EU next and why?

In the Neighborhood of the Camp Kistarcsa 2012 More topics for discussion Do you think some of the already accepted members shouldn't have been accepted? Why? Do you think that if new members get into the Euro zone (they get the right to print Euro money), there could be problems like the ones in Greece at the moment? Go drink tea/coffee …