elyoutdated.Thissystemcoulddefinitelynolongerbekeptupwithevenmorefarmerstosupport.
　　IV.Successfulwithoutabsorbingthenewmembers?
　　Itisobviousthatthisquestionneedstobeansweredwithaclearno.TheexistingmembersoftheEUarealreadybeingabsorbedbyitandtheyhaveallchosenthisfaith.ThegoalsoftheEuropeanUniondostatethelossofsovereigntyintheareasofeconomicandcurrencypolitics,thelatteronealreadyrealized,alsointhepoliticalareasofsocialpolitics,education,research,consumerprotection,healthandalsoenvironmentalissues.NowonecouldarguehowmanyofthesegoalsneedtoberealizedinorderfortheEUtobesuccessful,fromtheBritishpointofviewforexamplethecooperationineconomicissuesandthecreationofthesinglemarkethavealreadybeenenough,consideringtheiropiniontowardstheMaastrichttreaty.
　　
　　IfonewouldseeitfromtheBritishpointofviewtheEUcouldbesuccessfulwithoutabsorbingthenewmembers,butsincemostothercountrieswouldliketoseetheabovementionedgoalsimpliedandwouldliketorealizethedreamofdeGaulle,AdenauerandothersoftheUnitedStatesofEurope,thenewmemberswouldsurrenderahugepartoftheirsovereigntyandconsequentlywouldbeabsorbedbytheEU,especiallyconsideringthattheywilljoininacoupleofyearsattheearliestwhenEuropeanintegrationwillhopefullyhaveadvancedbeyondthepointitistoday.
　　AnotherpointonecouldconsideriswhatwouldhappeniftheEuropeanintegrationwouldfurtheradvanceuptothepointoftheUnitedStatesofEuropewithoutanynewcountriesjoining.ThiswouldcreateanothersuperpoweralongsidetheUSAandthethennon-memberswouldliveintheshadowoftheEUorwhateveritsnamewouldbebythattimeandalsobeabsorbedbytheenormouspower,inanyterms,oftheirbigneighbourjustliketheCaribbean,CanadaandMexico,eventheentireAmericasarebytheUSA.SotheconclusiondrawnbythiscouldbethatthecentralandeasternEuropeancountrieswouldbebetteroffinanycaseiftheyjoinedtheEUeveniftheyhadtosurrendermuchoftheirsovereignty.
　　Sources:
　　
　　(1)http://www.europa.eu.int/(March17th,2001)
　　(2)http://idw.tu-clausthal.de/public/zeige_pm.html?pmid=26445(April5th,2001)
　　(3)InformationenzurpolitischenBildung:EuropäischeUnion(BpB,1995)
　　(4)MicrosoftEncarta98
　　(5)Mittel-undOsteuropaaufdemWegindieEuropäischeUnion(WernerWeidenfeld,VerlagBertelsmannStiftung,1996)
　　(6)http://www.e-politik.de/beitrag.cfm?Beitrag_ID=559(April1st,2001)
　　


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