EU expansion to the Balkan region, the Group further obvious trend of regionalization.

欧盟向巴尔干地区扩张，集团区域化趋势进一步明显。

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Along with the EU expansion to Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Baltic region, the Schengen zone is also enlarged to cover New Territories.

伴随着欧盟版图不断地向中、东欧及波罗的海区域扩张，申根区也在向新的区域延展。

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The lesson for the EU, thus, is not that expansion should stop, but that it needs to discriminate between those countries that are ready for membership and those that aren’t.

欧盟需要学到的并不是应该停止扩张，而是需要区分那些已经做好准备的准成员国，和那些还没做好准备的。

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Ireland, which has benefited enormously from EU economic ties, turned down a treaty concerning EU expansion in a recent referendum.

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The European Union is to hold an informal summit in Klagenfurt, Austria, to discuss the world economy, EU expansion into eastern Europe and the crisis in Kosovo.

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And moves towards EU expansion has not found favour everywhere.

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