Bulgaria and Romania's entry into the European Union in January 2007 will have a far smaller impact on the bloc than the "big bang" enlargement of May 2004, when ten countries joined.
The current EU25 member states are: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
Romanian and Bulgarian will bring the number of official EU languages to 23. The present 20 EU languages are: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish. Irish will become the 21st official language of the EU on 1.1.07.
Source: Sofia News Agency
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