Author： GIATZIDIS EMIL
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 1468-3857
Source： Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Vol.4, Iss.3, 2004-09, pp. : 434-457
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Abstract
The campaign to join the EU has been the central element of Bulgaria's post-communist policy. Bulgaria has only recently started to make progress towards meeting the EU conditions for membership. Although the country was not included in the first wave of enlargement, the target set by both the EU and Bulgaria for 2007 seems realistic. For this purpose, however, Bulgaria has to attain sustainable and balanced economic growth, fight corruption, decrease poverty and unemployment, raise living standards and overcome such complex problems as the disparities between social groups and regions. As the prospect of joining the European community looms closer, however, public opinion may start to express greater doubts and significant vacillation as to the merits of integration.
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