Bulgarian And Romanian Membership Of The European Union

EDM number 2246 in 2005-06, proposed by Keith Vaz on 24/05/2006.

That this House welcomes the report of the European Commission that Bulgaria and Romania are on course to become members of the European Union on 1st January 2007; notes that both countries have to make further progress in tackling corruption and reforming their judiciary; hopes that the incentive of EU membership will be enough to ensure these reforms are quickly achieved; and notes that with the addition of Bulgaria and Romania the European Union will comprise 27 countries, have a population of almost 500 million, and continue to have GDP outstripping that of the United States of America.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.