A Bittersweet Alliance
In the year 2006, controversy shrouded talks of Romania and Bulgaria’s possible accession into the European Union (EU) on New Year’s Day in 2007. For Romania and Bulgaria, it was an opportunity for their countries to join an economic powerhouse; an international community that would bring about vast economic rewards. However, existing member states had several concerns and they were not to be brushed aside. Controversy brewed within individual states about the impact that the