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A number of former Eastern Block countries have applied to join the European Union. ...
One of the results of the European Council held in Helsinki in December 1999 was the endorsement of the application of six candidates countries thus paving the way to welcome twelve new member states in the EU. Out of these twelve states ten come from either what was up to a few years ago the Soviet Union, or former communist countries which was at that time known as the Eastern Bloc. ... These applicants are now known as CEEC or Central and Eastern European Countries.
After these countries emerged out of the cocoon that engulfed them over these past decades, all of them chose the way of the European Union and one can safely say that in most cases if not in all the motives and reasons were the same. ...
These countries with the exception of Slovenia have just emerged from under the grips of the then Soviet Union while Slovenia was the only country of the Yugoslav Federation that was ceded without a civil war. ...
Economical Benefits
The overall economical impact of membership to these countries will be a long-term ongoing process. One has to take into consideration that these countries operated in a monopolistic centralised economy without any leeway for private enterprise. ... There has been huge lay-off even in countries such as Poland where its famous Gdansk Shipyards are now a shadow of the past.
Approximate Word count = 1105
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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