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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed by the treaties to share their own sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government.
Bulgaria and Romania became members on 1 January 2007, but the application of certain policy areas of the European Union to Bulgaria and Romania was deferred to a later date. These were: Schengen Area (see Enlargement of the Schengen Area, partial application from March 2024) Eurozone (see Enlargement of the eurozone)
The territories of the member states of the European Union (European Communities pre-1993), animated in order of accession. Territories outside Europe and its immediate surroundings are not shown. The European Union (EU) has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member states to the Union.
Bulgaria is a middle-sized country situated in Southeastern Europe, in the east of the Balkans. Its territory covers an area of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), while land borders with its five neighbouring countries run a total length of 1,808 kilometres (1,123 mi), and its coastline is 354 kilometres (220 mi) long. [ 115 ]
The European Council has decided to enlarge the Schengen area to include Bulgaria and Romania, the council’s Spanish presidency said Saturday.
When it joined the European Union in 2007, Bulgaria committed to switching its currency, the lev, to the euro, as stated in the 2005 EU accession treaty.The transition will occur once the country meets all the euro convergence criteria; at the moment, Bulgaria does not fulfill only one single criterion – price stability (i.e. inflation).
Austria previously blocked Bulgaria’s and Romania’s entry into the Schengen Area over concerns about illegal immigration but reached an agreement in principle with the two fellow European ...
Some countries are tightening travel restrictions in light of new guidance from the EU, but Portugal plans to continue welcoming U.S. tourists. Mixed reactions to EU safe travel list: Bulgaria ...