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=The year 2000 =

 = =  Agenda 2000 (see below) is presented to the European Parliament, which calls, inter alia, for negotiations on membership with Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia (membership by 2003 at the latest), and then with Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia. The door is to remain open to other states thereafter. During the year 2003, namely the 16th of April the EU members signed the Treaty of Accession with other 10 countries, which are **Cyprus**, **Czech Republic**, **Estonia**, **Hungary**, **Latvia**, **Lithuania**, **Malta**, **Poland**, **Slovakia** and **Slovenia**. This treaty was signed in Athens, Greece and this treaty of Accession became reality on the 1st of May 2004, one year later. The number of countries went up to 25 and Bulgaria and Romania would be considered for accession in 2007.

At the end of the year 2005 Croatia and Turkey started accession talks with the EU and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia officially became a candidate for EU membership. The accession talk started in 2008.

In **2007 Bulgaria** and **Romania** became members of the EU.

** The number of the European Members is now 27.

** Source: [|www.ena.lu] //**Agenda 2000** is an action programme whose main objectives are to strengthen Community policies and to give the European Union a new financial framework for the period 2000-06 with a view to enlargement. It was launched in 1999 in the form of twenty legislative texts relating to main areas such as the continuation on the agricultural reform, the increase in the effectiveness of the structural funds, strengthening the pre-accession strategy and adopting a financial framework. (cf. []). //



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