{"title":"Welcome to Europe, but Please Stay Out: Freedom of Movement and the May 2004 Expansion of the European Union","authors":"Natalie Shimmel","doi":"10.15779/Z38NW8R","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"On May 1st, 2004, the European Union (EU) welcomed to its fold ten new members: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.I Fireworks erupted across the continent at 12:01 a.m. while newly minted EU citizens celebrated to the triumphant strains of Beethoven's \"Ode to Joy,\" the EU anthem. Europeans drank toasts, traveled across newly relaxed borders, and attended concerts and parties.' The next morning, representatives from all 25 EU Member States gathered in Dublin for a symbolic ceremony to raise the flags of the new members besides those of the fifteen previous members. 3 EU and national leaders addressed messages of celebration, unification, and welcome to the new countries. \"Welcome to the new Europe,\" declared Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission. \"Today Europeans are celebrating the fact that they are no longer kept apart by phony ideological barriers.\" 4 The Chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Schrrder, proclaimed: \"Today we have the unique chance to change this Europe into a","PeriodicalId":325917,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Berkeley Journal of International Law","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38NW8R","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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On May 1st, 2004, the European Union (EU) welcomed to its fold ten new members: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.I Fireworks erupted across the continent at 12:01 a.m. while newly minted EU citizens celebrated to the triumphant strains of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," the EU anthem. Europeans drank toasts, traveled across newly relaxed borders, and attended concerts and parties.' The next morning, representatives from all 25 EU Member States gathered in Dublin for a symbolic ceremony to raise the flags of the new members besides those of the fifteen previous members. 3 EU and national leaders addressed messages of celebration, unification, and welcome to the new countries. "Welcome to the new Europe," declared Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission. "Today Europeans are celebrating the fact that they are no longer kept apart by phony ideological barriers." 4 The Chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Schrrder, proclaimed: "Today we have the unique chance to change this Europe into a
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