All in to Europe; Baltic referendums.(The Balts vote on joining the European Union)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: September 20, 2003 | Copyright information

Estonia and Latvia will join Europe, though not without protest

THE government of Estonia had tried hard to play fair. Alone among the ten countries due to join the European Union next May, it had refused to declare itself officially in favour, preferring to let the people judge. But by June, when almost as many Estonians were against EU membership as for it, virtually everyone from President Arnold Ruutel down decided that fairness had gone far enough, and threw their we...

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