Romania and Bulgaria have no definite entry date

The annual enlargement report supports the efforts of Bulgaria and Romania to join the EU in 2007, provided they keep up the pace of reforms but does not specify this date is a definite one.

Günter Verheugen explained to the MEPs during the debate in the parliament following the release of the report that the target date has been set by Bucharest and Sofia and not by the Commission. This could leave room for different interpretations.

First, the Commission already last week was re...