Relations between UE and BULGARIA?

Relations between UE and BULGARIA?

Bulgaria is an eastern european country located in the Balkans. There are 7,125 millions inhabitants. The country joined the european union in 2007, and then the Euro zone in 2011.

Bulgaria is a market economy, and has undergo an important economic growth since the fall of the communist empire in 1990.

We are going to ask ourselves what are the relation between the European Union and the Bulgaria?

I- Bulgaria before her accession to the European Union

II-The process and the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union

III-Bulgaria in the European Union

I- Bulgaria before her accession to the European Union

In the first part, we are going to study the Bulgaria before her accession to the European Union in 2007.

The name Bulgaria comes from the name of a Turkish people of Central Asia who invaded the region in the early Middle Ages before merging with the Slav population, the Bulgarians, whom historians conventionally call Proto-Bulgarians.

Bulgaria is an eastern European country located in the balkan peninsula. Bulgaria covers a part of the territory of the former Thrace. She is lined by the Black Sea in the East, in the South by Greece and Turkey, in the North by the Danube and Romania, on the West by Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia. Her capital is Sofia.

Until 1944, Bulgaria was allied with Germany and then became a socialist country under the influence of the USSR in 1946. In 1990, the communist regime fell and the Republic of Bulgaria was formed.

Compared to most of the european country, Bulgaria is a poor country, but pretty well urbanized.

Bulgaria has undergo an important economic growth between 1990 and 2007. For instance her GDP was 20,73 Billion dollars in 1990, and in 2007 her GDP was up to more than 40 billion dollars.

II- The process and the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union

The process in general

To begin with we are going to study, how to enter in the European Union. In order to access to the European Union, a country has to follow some steps and to deposit a candidature. There is no specific condition, to deposit a candidature excepting logically belonging to Europe in term of continent.

In order to access to the European Union, the candidate have to promise two things: They have to follow the European values, and moreover they have to promote it.

The country has to adopt a pre-accession strategy after he deposit it’s candidature. The goal of this pre-accession strategy is to familiarize the candidate with the EU’s procedures and policies, by offering him the possibility to participate in community programs. Furthermore the pre-accession strategy allow a financial assistance for the candidate. This support is used to help the candidate to undertake the political, economical and institutional reforms to meet the EU’s standards.

Then before the ratification of the treaty of accession, the opening of accession negotiation takes place. They are three steps of negotiation based on three criterions, the candidates must follow these three rules:

economical criterion: a market economy and a budget deficit inferior at 60% of the GDP.

political criterion: Stable institutions guaranteeing democracy to all of the citizens, the rule of law, respect for and protection of minorities.

Community acquis: ability to assume the obligations arising from accession, and especially the candidates has subscribe to the objectives of the political, economic and monetary union.

Then the results of the negotiation is incorporated, in the adhesion treaty which is submitted to the European parliament for agreement.

b) The accession of Bulgaria to the European Union

Since the fall of the communist empire, Bulgaria has committed itself to transforming its centralised and planned economy into a market economy. The correlation required between the financial rigour of the state-owned firms, privatization and restructuring on the one hand and macro-economic stabilization on the other hand, had not been

sufficiently taken into consideration, due to a political reluctance. These measures has been effective since 1997 approximately.

Bulgaria had submitted

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