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00:00 It seems that the discussions surrounding the EU's inclusion and expansion will be the agenda of the meetings until the end of the coming year.
00:10 The war that broke out between Russia and Ukraine led to the revival of the expansion policy adopted by the EU, which was in the dark, if I'm correct.
00:21 The Financial Times has reported that the EU's President is expected to say that the EU should be ready to accept new member states by 2030.
00:36 The role of the President is to encourage and convince the 27 member states to join the EU, and we expect to hear a lot about the expansion in the next four months.
00:49 The countries on the waiting list are Turkey, North Macedonia, the Black Mountains and Albania.
00:54 The EU has chosen Brussels, Ukraine, Moldova and Albania as its candidates, and has initiated a serious internal discussion on how to expand the EU to eight new members.
01:06 Ukraine is calling on the EU to start its official inclusion process by the end of the coming year.
01:14 The last country to join the EU was Croatia in 2013, but since joining the EU, the total local population has increased by 20% in 10 years.
01:26 Turkey has been asking for inclusion since 1999, but the Greek-Turkish conflict is one of the main factors that is in the way of its inclusion.
01:38 Turkey recently agreed to join the NATO, and has indicated that the EU should accelerate the process of Turkey's inclusion in the EU.
01:48 But there are criteria for inclusion, known as the Copenhagen criteria.
01:54 The first criterion is stable democracy, and the democracy of the government requires that all citizens have the ability to participate on a balanced basis in the production of political decisions,
02:05 elections, and the system of fair and just invention in the formation of political parties without any interference from the state.
02:12 The second criterion is the rule of law.
02:15 The rule of law is based on the government's commitment to the laws enshrined in the legal documents,
02:21 and this principle is a means of protecting the individual from the ruling.
02:27 The third criterion is a viable trade market, and that the producers have the ability to adapt to the competitive pressure and market power in the EU.
02:37 The last criterion is the acceptance of all European legislations,
02:41 that is, that the future members of the EU should coordinate their laws with the legal framework of the EU based on the history of the EU.
02:51 Britain was the only country to leave the EU.
02:56 In 2016, Britain passed a referendum to leave the EU.
03:01 The referendum brought in about 51% of British people wanting to leave, but 49% were from the share of companies,
03:09 because they feared that leaving would affect trade deals between Britain and the EU.
03:16 In 2020, Britain officially left the EU,
03:20 and since 2016, the local percentage of British people has increased by 14% since the referendum.
03:29 It should be noted that the EU's economic size is 16.6 trillion dollars,
03:36 and represents about 6% of the world's economy.