abstract:The enlargement of the European Union is the process of expanding the European Union (EU) through the accession of new member states. This process began with the Inner Six, who founded the European Coal and Steel Community (the EU's predecessor) in 1952.
Likewise, the chancellor-in-waiting opposes delaying enlargementoftheEuropeanUnion to the east until Germany's bilateral problems with the Czechs and Poles have been sorted out.
Hence, in the frame ofthe overall enlargement process oftheEuropeanUnion, A River's Dream intends to promote folk music, an intangible cultural heritage, as a means of reconciliation, regional and cross-border cooperation and, a vehicle of cultural identity and diversity as well as of mutual understanding.