The expansion of the EU in 2004 and 2007 to take in many eastern European states—but not Serbia—provides a further incentive to leave.

2004年和2007年，欧盟扩张吸纳了很多东欧国家，但没有塞尔维亚，这也进一步促使很多人离开该地区。

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Researchers also found a rise in living standards in the capitals of those eastern European states that recently joined the EU with Ljubljana, Vilnius and Tallinn all improving.

研究人员还发现最近加入欧盟的东欧国家的生活水平有所提髙，这其中包括卢布尔雅那、维尔纽斯和塔林。

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Poland is the largest of the former eastern European states whose membership of the EU was championed by Mr Blair when first in office, and all had been expected to back his candidacy.

此前，几乎所有人都曾预计波兰会支持布莱尔，因为这个前东欧集团最大的成员加入欧盟正是时任首相的布莱尔先生争取的结果。

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The fight not to admit each other would begin long before the complicating accession of eastern European states.

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This event was organized by UNESCO, the International Council for Science (ICSU) and International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), and was moderated by Bedrich Moldan, UNCSD Bureau Member for the Eastern European States Group.

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With most of the Eastern European states seeing high rates of GDP growth, energy requirements may well be the key bottleneck they face as their economies chug along at an ever faster pace.

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