“Big Bang” EU enlargement “transformative” – Pat Cox

Twenty years ago tomorrow, ten countries from Eastern and Central Europe along with Malta and Cyprus, joined the EU. It was the biggest enlargement in the bloc’s history increasing its membership from fifteen (15) to twenty five (25) countries. Back in 2004, Irish man Pat Cox was the President of the European Parliament. Twenty years on, he says that EU expansion was “transformative”.

Out words: European history

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