Discuss the ways in which the Enlargement of the European Union after the fall of communism impacted upon the politics of the European Union.

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Enlargement of the European Union

Over the last two decades , the enlargement of the European Union has resulted into political headlines across Europe . This is as a result of the high number of states that have applied for inclusion in the community after the fall of communism in the continent in the last decade of the 20th century . The last two enlargements have been therefore the most spectacular due to the number of states many of them in a transition state joining the

union . Resolution to adopt ten states into the European Union by the European parliament was adopted in 2003 after the states applied to be full members of the community and be integrated into the European economic organization . These states included the members of the communist bloc which were required to meet certain conditions such as developing a market economy that was functional , demonstrate that they uphold the democracy and human rights and strictly follow the European Union policies and laws . The states were also expected to adopt the euro which is the common currency used by the European Union countries (Pelkmans Casey 2003

A number of the communist countries which joined the European Union in 2003 had previously formed the Visegrad Group . This union consisted of Poland , Hungary , Czech Republic and the Slovak republic while had communism form of governance . These countries were considered satellite states and were more or less the same as the Soviet Union . They were run by a...