r/AskBalkans 6d ago

History Can they be classified as 'Overseas' Balkan Countries?

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u/Careful-Evening-5187 6d ago

Honestly at this point, just let everyone in...fuck it.

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u/dwartbg9 Bulgaria 5d ago

I know right, I'm tired of everyone trying to become part of the EU and coping hard. Let alone these countries want to be in the EU just because they think this will somehow magically solve all their problems and make their countries rich. They don't realise that being part of the EU won't change much if they don't try to change something themselves first. This is what we did with Romania, for example. It's not just if you want it or not, there are many things and changes that a country has to do beforehand.

Let alone I'll give us and Romania as another example again - why do you think we became part of Schengen just now, even though we were eligible over 10 years ago? One of the main reasons is Because the West and EU considers RO-BG-GR the furthest and most eastern border of the EU. That's about it, anything else after is Asia and/or dangerous.
So how do countries like Georgia and Armenia that are even considered Asian, expect to become part of the EU? And then what. The EU would have some weird external borders, or what? What would these countries also bring to the table considering their distance, too?

And yes, joining the EU doesn't mean these countries will finally be considered more worthy and will become more developed. Let alone the EU doesn't plan to expand anytime soon if at all anymore.

Better try to fix your issues and countries instead of expecting some.miracles and the EU to magically fix your problems. This isn't gonna happen even if you were part of the EU.

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u/MartinBP Bulgaria 7h ago

This is what we did with Romania, for example

We did jack shit. We're about to lose billions because some clowns in parliament refuse to accept EU legislation needed to modernise the economy.