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This time I have to come to darin's rescue. I think he meant free motion of EU citizens across borders, and that the EU wouldn't want Bulgaria to join if due to bad integration, masses of Roma would move West. (Where I have to note in darin's direction that free movement is valid only inside the Schengen zone, plus temporary delays may be enacted in old member states.)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Apr 20th, 2006 at 05:55:27 PM EST
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Misunderstanding. Thank you for explaining me this.

Well, then Bulgaria's accession to EU might be ideal not just for the Bulgarians but for the Romas as well.

by pavlovska (transbluency(at)mailcity.com) on Thu Apr 20th, 2006 at 07:23:56 PM EST
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If the (decision-making) EU officials are sufficiently aware of the issue and won't sweep it under the rug - as, unfortunately, they mostly did in the previous round (e.g. the same issue in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary).

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Fri Apr 21st, 2006 at 04:31:00 AM EST
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I don't know if the issue with minorities is mentioned as a problem for Bulgaria or Romania.
And the EU officials might not be sufficiently aware for the existence of this problem because the Roma are not very vocal in demanding their rights.
So, let's just hope that things will turn on better somehow, someday.
by pavlovska (transbluency(at)mailcity.com) on Fri Apr 21st, 2006 at 07:04:57 AM EST
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I believe someone commented that there are reports on the Roma for the EU, it should be a few posts up.

Be careful! Is it classified?
by darin (dkaloyanov[at]gmail.com) on Fri Apr 21st, 2006 at 12:36:10 PM EST
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Yes, Alexandra posted it.

But (I tell this in reply to pavlovska) I meant to distinguish decisionmakers: it may well be that a bunch of European Parliament members and a number of bureaucrats working in the accession offices are fully aware of the issues involved, but the decisions will be made by higher-ups who don't read their reports and have other priorities.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Apr 21st, 2006 at 12:46:16 PM EST
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Here is the information I posted earlier:
http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2006/4/13/14453/5466/#54

As Dodo mentioned the issue is whether this knowledge is used in decision making. In the meantime it does shine a light on the situation in Bulgaria and Romania (there is a similar report for Romania).

by Alexandra in WMass (alexandra_wmass[a|t]yahoo[d|o|t]fr) on Sun Apr 23rd, 2006 at 04:51:31 PM EST
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