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To: KLP who wrote (4395)	2/20/2003 12:39:34 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

<The variety of thought, customs, landscape, natural resources, ..> And then they dumped all the Tea into the ocean! Just kidding!!!!

To: KLP who wrote (4395)	2/20/2003 10:43:32 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

Getting alone is not the issue. I was referring to the economic burden the newscomers will be on the existing members of the EU - take a look at how much money had to be funnelled into Greece and Portugal to raise them up to EU standards. Most of these ex-Soviet countries are in far worse shape than Greece ever was. So my question was why, from an economic point of view, was the EU enlargement desirable? I am not sure I have seen a real answer to this question yet.