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Open the Doors; The European Union will soon admit Bulgaria and Romania. Will that be the end of enlargement? Not at all. Hello, Albania!

Newsweek International

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Byline: Andrew Moravcsik (Moravcsik directs the European Union Program at Princeton University.)

Riots in Hungary? Rising anti-Europe sentiment across Eastern Europe? A resounding "no" to a new constitution in France and the Netherlands, and similar sentiment elsewhere? Never mind. Time for the next round.

This week the European Union will decide when and under what conditions to admit Romania and Bulgaria into that most exclusive club. Governments are almost certain to go along. The odds are that, come New Year's 2007, Europe will thus be that much bigger.

Welcome to the neighborhood? Not quite. Pundits and publics remain deeply skeptical. ...

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