Abstract
The European Union (EU) has been confronted to the enlargement issue since its very creation. It constitutes now one of the main questions to be discussed at the Inter Governmental Conference (IGC). This negociation, started in March 1996, enabled the European Union to face the new demands of accession from the neighbor countries after the end of Cold War. Due to traditional problems (from neighbor countries) the possibility of a further enlargement of EU does not seem on the positive side. The countries (in the European region) that are keen to become members of the EU are faced with economic uncertainties internally. Naturally the prospect of increasing the number of member states from 20 to 27 becomes a topic of debate.
